Solitude

Pronunciation

Origin

From Old French solitude

Noun

1. Aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself.
2. A lonely or deserted place.
• 1813, Lord Byron, , Canto 2, stanza 20:Mark where his carnage and his conquests cease!
  He makes a solitude, and calls it — peace.

Synonyms

• aloneness

Antonyms

• intimacy

Derived terms

• two solitudes

Related terms

• sole
• solo
• soliloquy
• solitary
• solitudinous
• solitudinously