Category:Privacy

Pri"va*cy, n.; pl. Privacies. Etym: [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.