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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