Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Privacy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Privacy \Pri"va*cy\, n.; pl. {Privacies}. [See {Private}.]
1. The state of being in retirement from the company or
observation of others; seclusion.
2. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat;
solitude; retirement.
Her sacred privacies all open lie. --Rowe.
3. Concealment of what is said or done. --Shak.
4. A private matter; a secret. --Fuller.
5. See {Privity}, 2. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
privacy
n 1: the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of
others [syn: {privateness}, {seclusion}]
2: the condition of being concealed or hidden [syn: {privateness},
{secrecy}, {concealment}]
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