secrecy
English
Etymology
Alteration (on model of primacy, etc) of Late (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English secretee, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French secré.
Pronunciation
Noun
secrecy (countable and uncountable, plural secrecies)
- Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
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- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
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- The habit of keeping secrets.
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Translations
concealment
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habit of keeping secrets
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