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  • 61isolation — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. detachment, solitude, loneliness, seclusion, segregation, confinement, quarantine, separation, self sufficiency, obscurity, remoteness, withdrawal, retreat, retirement, privacy, insulation; see also retirement 2 ,… …

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  • 62retirement — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of retiring] Syn. relinquishment, resignation, abandonment, vacating, evacuation, separation, removal, handing over, laying down, egressing, exiting, retreating, withdrawal, going away, leaving, secession, departure …

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  • 63aloneness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being alone: isolation, loneliness, singleness, solitariness, solitude. See INCLUDE …

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  • 64singleness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The quality or state of being alone: aloneness, isolation, loneliness, solitariness, solitude. See INCLUDE. 2. The condition of being one: oneness, singularity, unity. See PART. 3. The quality or condition of being… …

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  • 65solitary — sol|i|ta|ry1 [ˈsɔlıtəri US ˈsa:lıteri] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: solitarius, from solitas solitude , from solus; SOLE1] 1.) [only before noun] used to emphasize that there is only one of something = ↑single ▪ the solitary goal of the …

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  • 66solitary — adjective 1》 done or existing alone.     ↘(of a bee, wasp, etc.) not social or colonial. 2》 secluded or isolated. 3》 [often with negative] single; only. 4》 (of a flower or other part) borne singly. noun (plural solitaries) 1》 a recluse or hermit …

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  • 67desolation — n. 1. Ruin, devastation, ravage, destruction. 2. Desolateness, loneliness, solitude, solitariness, barrenness, wildness, bleakness, dreariness. 3. Gloom, gloominess, sadness, unhappiness, wretchedness, misery …

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  • 68isolation — n. 1. Separation, disconnection, insulation, segregation, detachment. 2. Loneliness, solitariness, solitude …

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  • 69loneliness — n. 1. Solitariness, seclusion, solitude, retirement, isolation. 2. Sadness, desolateness, dreariness …

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  • 70solitude — n. 1. Loneliness, isolation, seclusion, solitariness, retiredness, recluseness, retirement, privacy, lonely state, lonely life, estrangement from the world. 2. Isolation, seclusion, remoteness. 3. Desert, wilderness, waste, lonely place, deserted …

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