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Webster 1913 Edition

Privacy

Pri′va-cy

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Privacies
(#)
.
[See
Private
.]
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 1828 Edition

Privacy

PRI'VACY

,
Noun.
[form private.] A state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; secrecy.
1.
A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.
Her sacred privacies all open lie.
2.
Privity. [Not used.] [See Privity.]
3.
Taciturnity. [Not used.]
4.
Secrecy; concealment of what is said or done.

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