verb
- keeping someone or something away from other people; isolating
Usage: present participle of seclude
Examples
- The parents were secluding their child from negative influences.
- She spent the weekend secluding herself in her room to study.
- The monastery is secluding its monks from worldly distractions.
- He was secluding the injured bird until it recovered.
- The author is secluding herself in a cabin to finish her novel.
- They are secluding the patient to prevent infection spread.