A hermit is a person who chooses to live alone, away from society, often for religious, spiritual, or personal reasons. Hermits usually avoid social contact and live very simply.
From Old French “ermite,” from Late Latin “eremita,” from Greek “erēmitēs,” meaning “person of the desert,” from “erēmos,” desert or lonely place. Early Christian hermits often lived in deserts or remote wilderness.
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