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What is the noun for reclusion?

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recluse
  1. A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.
  2. (obsolete) The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion.
  3. (US) A brown recluse spider.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The gardens at Sandleford allowed Montagu to switch between presenting herself as a wealthy metropolitan woman of letters and then as a religious recluse living a life of pastoral retirement.”
      “He lives as a virtual recluse on a rural estate near Andover, Hampshire.”
reclusory
reclusiveness
  1. The state or characteristic of being reclusive.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Their unique personalities and ghostly reclusiveness are just some of the traits that make them so fascinating.”
      “Whatever the nature of their reclusiveness, all of them have learnt to maintain a tightrope balance between the world, the self and their art.”
      “But as her wealth has grown exponentially, so has her reclusiveness.”
recluseness
  1. Quality or state of being recluse.
reclusivity
  1. (possibly nonstandard) reclusiveness
  2. Examples:
    1. “Behavioral features include apathy, reclusivity, anhedonia, depression, delusions, and hallucinations.”
      “And Darwin, who in spite of his reclusivity was fond of honors, received his belated acceptance by the French in good spirit.”
reclusion
  1. Life as a recluse.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “How does one live a life of noble reclusion in the real world?”
      “For the next five years, Ting plans to live in reclusion and focus on a new breakthrough in his art.”
      “In the twelfth century, there was a sudden multiplication of women's hospices, houses of reclusion, and beguinages of all sizes.”
reclusions
reclusories
  1. plural of reclusory
recluses
  1. plural of recluse
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I hope they won't be recluses and that they'll enjoy rural life and all that goes on in the community.”
      “In his time, ascetics and recluses again made an attempt to enter the Guru's flock.”
      “The only way to counter this is for us to become a nation of paranoid recluses.”
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