privacy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
    privateness; seclusion.
  2. noun the condition of being concealed or hidden
    secrecy; privateness; concealment.

WordNet

Pri"va*cy noun
Etymology
See Private.
Wordforms
plural Privacies
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913