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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the trait of keeping things secret;
[syn: secrecy, secretiveness, silence]

2. the condition of being concealed or hidden;
[syn: privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealment]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Secrecy \Se"cre*cy\, n.; pl. Secrecies. [From Secret.] 1. The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy. [1913 Webster] The Lady Anne, Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is concealed; a secret. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement. "The pensive secrecy of desert cell." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. The quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or discovery. [1913 Webster] It is not with public as with private prayer; in this, rather secrecy is commanded than outward show. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

secrecy n 1: the trait of keeping things secret [syn: secrecy, secretiveness, silence] 2: the condition of being concealed or hidden [syn: privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealment]