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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  privacy 
 
  Where  only  the  intended  recipients  can  read  a  message. 
 
 




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