secrecy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the trait of keeping things secret
    silence; secretiveness.
  2. noun the condition of being concealed or hidden
    privateness; concealment; privacy.

WordNet


Se"cre*cy noun
Etymology
From Secret.
Wordforms
plural Secrecies
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913