1. (a.) state of being alone, or withdrawn from society; a lonely life; loneliness.

2. (a.) Remoteness from society; destitution of company; seclusion; -- said of places; as, the solitude of a wood.

3. (a.) solitary or lonely place; a desert or wilderness.

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