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Entry 5 senses Webster, 1913

Privacy

/prī'və-sē/ · Pri·va·cy · IPA /ˈpɹaɪ.və.si/
01 n. The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion.
pl. Privacies ((#))
  1. 1.
    The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion.
  2. 2.
    A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.
    “Her sacred privacies all open lie.” Rowe.
  3. 3.
    Concealment of what is said or done.
  4. 4.
    A private matter; a secret.
  5. 5.
    See Privity, 2.[Obs.] See: Privity