About The Word Secrecy
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Secrecy
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What's The Definition Of Secrecy?
[n] the trait of keeping things secret
[n] the condition of being concealed or hidden Synonyms | Synonyms for Secrecy: concealment | privacy | privateness | secretiveness | silence Related Terms | Find terms related to Secrecy: See Also | bosom | confidentiality | isolation | mum | uncommunicativeness Secrecy In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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