seclude

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.; withdraw (oneself) from society or into solitude.
2. verb To shut or keep out; exclude; preclude.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Similar words

sequester sequestrate withdraw reclude shut isolate shut away shut off recluse single

Often followed by

himself themselves herself the myself their them yourself him ourselves

Word family

secluded secludes secluding