PRIVACY

privacy. Privacy, privateness, n. secrecy, privity, retreat

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Pri″va‐cy (?), n.; pl. Privacies (#). [[See Private.]] 1. 1. The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion.
2. 2. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.
Her sacred privacies all open lie. Rowe. 3. 3. Concealment of what is said or done. Shak.
4. 4. A private matter; a secret. Fuller.
5. 5. See Privity, 2. Arbuthnot.