The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Literacy \Lit"er*a*cy\ (l[i^]t"[~e]r*[.a]*s[y^]), n. State of being literate. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
literacy n 1: the ability to read and write [ant: analphabetism, illiteracy]