Secrecy /(?)/

Se·cre·cy

Secrecy

n.

pl. Secrecies

  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.
  2. That which is concealed; a secret. [R.]
  3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement.
  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.