SECRECY

secrecy, secretiveness, silence

(noun) the trait of keeping things secret

privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealment

(noun) the condition of being concealed or hidden

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

secrecy (countable and uncountable, plural secrecies)

Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.

The habit of keeping secrets.

Synonyms

• dern

Source: Wiktionary

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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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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