isolation

She lived her final year in complete isolation, not wanting to see anybody.

As of 1975, diplomatic ostracism is still imposed by the Organization of American States (OAS). The inter-American community also exercises a trade embargo against Cuba. But even within this context of hemispheric isolation, Havana’s diplomacy is strikingly contradictory.

Upon returning from the field, he went into isolation for a week so as not to infect anyone with potential diseases.