Hypertext Webster Gateway: "secrecy"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Secrecy \Se"cre*cy\, n.; pl. {Secrecies}. [From {Secret}.]
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. That which is concealed; a secret. [R.] --Shak.

3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement. ``The pensive secrecy of
desert cell.'' --Milton.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

secrecy
n 1: the trait of keeping things secret [syn: {secretiveness}, {silence}]
2: the condition of being concealed or hidden [syn: {privacy},
{privateness}, {concealment}]


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