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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy.

Bacon.

The state of one not invested with public office.

Noun.

Secrecy; privacy.

Retirement; seclusion from company or society.

The state of an individual in the rank of common citizens, or not invested with office.

privateness ‎(usually uncountable, plural privatenesses)