He preferred prolonged spells of seclusion and contemplation. He is driven into a dark mental seclusion where he suffers from eternal loneliness. A recluse is a person who lives in voluntary seclusion from the public and society. He ended his days living in seclusion. Eugenides examines the passionate feelings that siblings living in seclusion experience for each other. Rajputs generally have adopted the custom of purdah (seclusion of women). Strict seclusion and the veiling of matrons were also customary in ancient Greece. Jalics initially refused to discuss the complaint after moving into seclusion in a German monastery. American black bears often drag their prey to cover, preferring to feed in seclusion. Therefore, from his childhood, the orphaned Peter was kept in the strictest seclusion. During the 1970s, Lamarr lived in increasing seclusion. The ideal of seclusion was not fully realized as social reality. Judaism and is noted for its religious conservatism and social seclusion. Opposed to European ways, Abbas lived in great seclusion. The ideology of female seclusion may have extended inside the house.