Recluse

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1. Adjective

Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.

2. Adjective

A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells, usually attached to monasteries.

3. Adjective

The place where a recluse dwells.

4. Verb

To shut up; to seclude.
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