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Secrecy - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Secrecy : \Se"cre*cy\, n.; pl. Secrecies. [Based on 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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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