Privacy /(?)/

Pri·va·cy

Privacy

n.

pl. Privacies

  1. The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion.
  2. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.
    Her sacred privacies all open lie.
  3. Concealment of what is said or done.
  4. A private matter; a secret.
  5. See Privity, 2. [Obs.]