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secrecy

secrecy is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.That which is concealed; a secret. [R.] Shak.
  2. 2.Seclusion; privacy; retirement. "The pensive secrecy of desert cell." Milton.
  3. 3.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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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