Privacy

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  privacy
       n 1: the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of
            others [syn: {privateness}, {seclusion}]
       2: the condition of being concealed or hidden [syn: {privateness},
           {secrecy}, {concealment}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  privacy
       
          Where only the intended recipients can read a message.