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
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
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