secluded

adjective

1. sheltered or screened from general activity, view, etc.: a secluded cottage.
2. withdrawn from or involving little human or social activity: a secluded life.

verb (used with object), se·clud·ed, se·clud·ing.

1. to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
2. to isolate; shut off; keep apart: They secluded the garden from the rest of the property.

adjective

1. kept apart from the company of othersa secluded life
2. sheltered; private

verb (tr)

1. to remove from contact with others
2. to shut off or screen from view

adj.c.1600, of persons; in reference to places, 1798, past participle adjective from seclude (v.). Earlier secluse (1590s). v.mid-15c., “to shut up, enclose, confine,” from Latin secludere “shut off, confine,” from se- “apart” (see secret) + -cludere, variant of claudere “to shut” (see close (v.)). Meaning “to remove or guard from public view” is recorded from 1620s. Related: Secluded; secluding.