Privacy - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Privacy :  (noun)
1: the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others [syn: privateness, seclusion]
2: the condition of being concealed or hidden [syn: privateness, secrecy, concealment]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Privacy : \Pri"va*cy\, n.; pl. Privacies. [See Private.] 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. --Rowe.

3. Concealment of what is said or done. --Shak.

4. A private matter; a secret. --Fuller.

5. See Privity, 2. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Privacy : 

Where only the intended recipients can read a message.



Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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