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secrecy |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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