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re·clu·sion

 (rĭ-klo͞o′zhən)
n.
1. The condition of being a recluse.
2. Punishment involving civil degradation (as in the loss of the right to own property) and incarceration with hard labor.
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re•clu•sion

(rɪˈklu ʒən)

n.
the act of going or putting into seclusion or the state of being secluded or solitary.
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reclusion

the state of living apart from society, like a hermit. — recluse, n. — reclusive, adj.
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reclusion

noun
The act of secluding or the state of being secluded:
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reclusion

[rɪˈkluːʒən] Nreclusión f, soledad f
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found Vhon Martin Tanto guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder and sentenced to reclusion perpetua (20 to 40 years) for the death of Mark Vicente Garalde.
187, which seeks to impose qualified reclusion perpetua or life imprisonment on extraordinary heinous crimes, such as drug cases and plunder.
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