Category:Secrecy

Se"cre*cy, n.; pl. Secrecies. Etym: [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.