عُزْلَةٌ

a subst. (S, Msb) signifying A going apart. away, or aside; removal, or separation of oneself; (S, * L, Msb, * K;) [a withdrawing of oneself from association or communion; or secession: and it seems to be sometimes used in a sense similar to that of اِعْتِكَافٌ; for] one says, العُزْلَةُ عِبَادَةٌ [apparently meaning Retirement, or self-seclusion, is a mode of religious service]. (S, L, TA.)