Main Entry: sol·i·tude
                      Pronunciation: 'säl-&-"t(y)üd
                      Function: noun
                      1 : the quality or state of being alone or far-off from society :
                      SECLUSION, LONELINESS
                      2 : a lonely place (as a desert) [Middle English solitude "the
                      state of being alone", from early French solitude (same
                      meaning), from Latin solitudin-, solitudo (same meaning), from
                      solus "alone" -- related to DESOLATE, 4SOLE, SOLO]