PRI'VACY, noun [form private.] A state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; secrecy. 1. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement. Her sacred privacies all open lie. 2. Privity. [Not used.] [See Privity.] 3. Taciturnity. [Not used.] 4. Secrecy; concealment of what is said or done.
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