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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
| [[Latin]] sēclūdĕre, < sē + claudĕre to shut. | | [[Latin]] sēclūdĕre, < sē + claudĕre to shut. |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1533] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1533] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1obsolete : to exclude from a [[privilege]], rank, or [[dignity]] : debar | | *1obsolete : to exclude from a [[privilege]], rank, or [[dignity]] : debar |
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| The act of '''secluding''', i.e. shutting out or keeping apart from [[society]], or the [[state]] of being secluded, or a place that facilitates it (a secluded place). A [[person]], a couple, or a larger group may go to a secluded place for [[privacy]], or because the place is [[quiet]]. Seclusion of a single person is also called [[solitude]]. | | The act of '''secluding''', i.e. shutting out or keeping apart from [[society]], or the [[state]] of being secluded, or a place that facilitates it (a secluded place). A [[person]], a couple, or a larger group may go to a secluded place for [[privacy]], or because the place is [[quiet]]. Seclusion of a single person is also called [[solitude]]. |
| ==Restrictions on the seclusion of a man and a woman== | | ==Restrictions on the seclusion of a man and a woman== |
− | In some cases where there are [[legal]], [[religious]] or [[social]] restrictions on two people having [[physical]] [[intimacy]], there may even be such restrictions on just being [[together]] in a secluded place. For example, under [[traditional]] schools of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia sharia] or Islamic law, a [[man]] and a [[woman]] who are not [[married]] and not mahram, being together in a house, a room, a bathroom, or a secluded place may be [[forbidden]]. A man and women could be in a secluded area for [[work]] [[purposes]], just talking, anything that does not allow them to pass their limits. | + | In some cases where there are [[legal]], [[religious]] or [[social]] restrictions on two people having [[physical]] [[intimacy]], there may even be such restrictions on just being [[together]] in a secluded place. For example, under [[traditional]] schools of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia sharia] or Islamic law, a [[man]] and a [[woman]] who are not [[married]] and not mahram, being together in a house, a room, a bathroom, or a secluded place may be [[forbidden]]. A man and women could be in a secluded area for [[work]] [[purposes]], just talking, anything that does not allow them to pass their limits. |
| ==Seclusion as a therapy== | | ==Seclusion as a therapy== |
| Seclusion may be used as a [[control]] tactic in [[psychiatric]] treatment settings. Seclusion of an [[agitated]] [[person]] in a [[quiet]] room free of [[stimulation]] may help de-escalate a situation which may be [[dangerous]] to the agitated person or those around him. | | Seclusion may be used as a [[control]] tactic in [[psychiatric]] treatment settings. Seclusion of an [[agitated]] [[person]] in a [[quiet]] room free of [[stimulation]] may help de-escalate a situation which may be [[dangerous]] to the agitated person or those around him. |
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| * and it complies with the rules set out by the Commission.[2] | | * and it complies with the rules set out by the Commission.[2] |
| ==References== | | ==References== |
− | *1. David M. Stoff; James Breiling; Jack D. Maser (1997). Handbook of antisocial behavior: David M. Stoff, James Breiling, and Jack D. Maser, editors. John Wiley and Sons. p. 448. ISBN 9780471124528. http://books.google.com/books?id=grg6nHFYeYMC&pg=PA448. Retrieved 12 December 2010. | + | *1. David M. Stoff; James Breiling; Jack D. Maser (1997). Handbook of antisocial behavior: David M. Stoff, James Breiling, and Jack D. Maser, editors. John Wiley and Sons. p. 448. ISBN 9780471124528. https://books.google.com/books?id=grg6nHFYeYMC&pg=PA448. Retrieved 12 December 2010. |
− | *2. Jean Morrissey; Jenm; Brian Keogh; Louise Doyle (2008). Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Dekker. p. 41. ISBN 9780717144594. http://books.google.com/books?id=aBL8LwAACAAJ. | + | *2. Jean Morrissey; Jenm; Brian Keogh; Louise Doyle (2008). Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Dekker. p. 41. ISBN 9780717144594. https://books.google.com/books?id=aBL8LwAACAAJ. |
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| [[Category: Psychology]] | | [[Category: Psychology]] |