Privacy \Pri"va*cy\, n.; pl. Privacies. [See Private.]
   1. The state of being in retirement from the company or
      observation of others; seclusion.
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   2. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat;
      solitude; retirement.
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            Her sacred privacies all open lie.    --Rowe.
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   3. Concealment of what is said or done. --Shak.
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   4. A private matter; a secret. --Fuller.
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   5. See Privity, 2. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot.
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	privacy
    n 1: the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of
         others [syn: privacy, privateness, seclusion]
    2: the condition of being concealed or hidden [syn: privacy,
       privateness, secrecy, concealment]

	

	63 Moby Thesaurus words for "privacy":
   Jim Crow, adytum, alienation, aloneness, aloofness, anonymity,
   apartheid, apartness, ashram, celibacy, cell, clandestineness,
   cloister, closed meeting, concealment, confidentiality,
   confidentialness, covertness, den, detachment, executive session,
   hermitage, hideaway, hideout, hiding place, holy of holies,
   incognito, isolation, isolationism, ivory tower, keeping apart,
   lair, loneliness, loneness, lonesomeness, mew, monasticism,
   moving apart, private conference, privatism, privatization,
   quarantine, recess, reclusion, retirement, retreat, rustication,
   sanctum, sanctum sanctorum, seclusion, secrecy, secret place,
   secretiveness, segregation, separateness, separation,
   sequestration, single blessedness, solitariness, solitude,
   splendid isolation, surreptitiousness, withdrawal

	

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