isolation

/ˌaɪsəlˈeɪʃən/ noun

Definition

SEPARATE [U] › the state of being separate from other people, places, or things: the country's economic isolation from the rest of the world

in isolation › alone, or separately from other people, places, or things: These poems cannot be considered in isolation.

LONELY [U] › a feeling of being lonely: I had this awful sense of isolation.

(Definition of isolation noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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