[syn: privacy, privateness, seclusion]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Privateness \Pri"vate*ness\, n.
[1913 Webster]
1. Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy;
secrecy. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
2. The state of one not invested with public office.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
privateness
n 1: the condition of being concealed or hidden [syn: privacy,
privateness, secrecy, concealment]
2: the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of
others [syn: privacy, privateness, seclusion]