[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.
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The Lady Anne,
Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. --Shak.
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2. That which is concealed; a secret. [R.] --Shak.
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3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement. "The pensive secrecy of
desert cell." --Milton.
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4. The quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret;
forbearance of disclosure or discovery.
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It is not with public as with private prayer; in
this, rather secrecy is commanded than outward show.
--Hooker.
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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]