SECRECY

secrecy. Secrecy, n. close silence, privacy, retirement

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