SECRECY - Definition

Pronunciation:		'seekreesee
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the trait of keeping things secret [n] the condition of being concealed or hidden

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	Synonyms:	concealment, privacy, privateness, secretiveness, silence

	See Also:	bosom, confidentiality, isolation, mum, uncommunicativeness

Products Dictionary

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\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.