📒 the act of separating somebody/something; the state of being separate
geographical isolation
an isolation hospital/ward (= for people with infectious diseases)
isolation (from somebody/something) The country has been threatened with complete isolation from the international community unless the atrocities stop.
📒 the state of being alone or lonely
Many unemployed people experience feelings of isolation and depression.
📒 separately; alone
To make sense, these figures should not be looked at in isolation.
Words are pronounced differently in isolation from how they are pronounced in context.