solituden.[F., from L. solitudo, solus alone. See Sole, a.]1. state of being alone, or withdrawn from society; a lonely life; loneliness.()Whosoever is delighted with solitude is either a wild beast or a god. (Bacon.)O Solitude! where are the charms
That sages have seen in thy face? (Cowper.)2. Remoteness from society; destitution of company; seclusion; -- said of places; as, the solitude of a wood.()The solitude of his little parish is become matter of great comfort to him. (Law.)3. solitary or lonely place; a desert or wilderness.()In these deep solitudes and awful cells
Where heavenly pensive contemplation dwells. (Pope.)()O blest retirement, friend to life's decline. (Goldsmith.)Such only can enjoy the country who are capable of thinking when they are there; then they are prepared for solitude; and in that [the country] solitude is prepared for them. (Dryden.)It is a place of seclusion from the external world. (Bp. Horsley.)These evils . . . seem likely to reduce it [a city] ere long to the loneliness and the insignificance of a village. (Eustace.)