What does "privacy" mean?
Privacy: A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement. Her sacred privacies all open lie. Rowe.
Additional senses
- 2.Concealment of what is said or done. Shak.
- 3.A private matter; a secret. Fuller.
- 4.See Privity, 2. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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