A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.

A person who leaves society for religious motives; a solitary religious often contrasted to monks who lived in a community of some sort; the word is derived from the Greek word eremos, "desert", which was a favoured place for the withdrawal of eastern Mediterranean hermits. (Lynch, Joseph H. The Medieval Church: A Brief History, 362)

individuals following a religious vocation which involved isolation and the practice of asceticism

one retired from society for religious reasons

one who lives in solitude

a deserter from the army of humanity A hero is one who hangs on one minute longer A hero is someone we can admire without apology

a person who chooses to live the heremitic way of life

a person who lives apart from society

a type of "recluse"

A hermit (from the Greek erēmos, signifying "desert", "uninhabited", hence "desert-dweller") is a person who lives to some greater or lesser degree in seclusion and/or isolation from society.