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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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noun

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined

“a king's accession to a confederacy”

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recluse

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ɹɪˈkluːs/Used In Literature ↓

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

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Common Phrases

. reclusespider recluselife recluserecluse brownrecluse oldrecluse religiousrecluse virtual
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Synonyms

anchoriteeremitehermitreclusivewithdrawntroglodyte

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Related Words

unsocialloneranchoretrecessed

Poetry examples for “recluse”

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