isolation
nounUK /ˌaɪ.səˈleɪ.ʃən/
US /ˌaɪ.səˈleɪ.ʃən/
Isolation is when someone or something is all alone and away from others.
The sick boy stayed in isolation so he would not make his friends ill.
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2. The act of keeping a person or animal apart from others to stop disease from spreading.
Doctors put the patient in isolation to protect the other people in the hospital.
3. A feeling of being alone and cut off from other people.
After moving to a new city, she felt a deep sense of isolation.
4. The state of being separated from other things or places.
The tiny village's isolation made it hard for supplies to reach it in winter.
5. In science, the act of separating one thing from everything else so it can be studied.
The scientist used isolation to study the single cell on its own.