n.
1.a state of separation between persons or groups
2.the act of isolating something
3.a feeling of being disliked and alone
4.preference for seclusion or isolation
5.(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
6.a country's withdrawal from internal politics
Idiom of the Day
hit the roof
to become very angry, to go into a rage
The father hit the roof when he discovered that his son had wrecked the family car.