Reclude vs. Recluse

Recludeverb

To open; to unblock.

Recludeverb

To close off, to confine.

Recludeverb

To seclude, cut off from the community, the world etc.

Recludeverb

To open; to unclose.

Recluseadjective

(now rare) Sequestered; secluded, isolated.

Recluseadjective

(now rare) Hidden, secret.

Reclusenoun

A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.

Reclusenoun

(obsolete) The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion.

Reclusenoun

(US) A brown recluse spider.

Recluseverb

(obsolete) To shut; to seclude.

Recluseadjective

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

Reclusenoun

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.

Reclusenoun

The place where a recluse dwells.

Recluseverb

To shut up; to seclude.

Reclusenoun

one who lives in solitude

Recluseadjective

withdrawn from society; seeking solitude;

Reclusenoun

a person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people

Recluseadjective

favouring a solitary life.

Recluse

A recluse is a person who lives in voluntary seclusion from the public and society. The word is from the Latin recludere, which means or .