isolation Definition

isolate
verb isolated, isolating

1. To separate from others; to cause to be alone.

Thesaurus: seclude, sequester, quarantine, divorce, insulate, detach, exclude, separate, dissociate, ostracize, remove, segregate; Antonym: incorporate, assimilate, connect.
2. To place in quarantine.
3. To separate or detach, especially to allow closer examination.

Example: isolate the problem
Thesaurus: identify, pinpoint, discover.
4. To separate so as to obtain in a pure or uncombined form.

noun

1. Someone or something that is isolated.

Derivative: isolation
noun

The action of separating from others, or the state of being separated
Thesaurus: withdrawal, exile, detachment, aloofness, disassociation, insulation, retirement.

Etymology: 19c: from isolated.