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Webster 1913 Edition
Secrecy
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
Whom the king hath in
secrecy
long married. Shakespeare
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 1828 Edition
Secrecy
SE'CRECY
,Noun.
1. Properly, a state of separation; hence, concealment from the observation of others, or from the notice of any persons not concerned; privacy; a state of being bid from view. When used of an individual, secrecy implies concealment from all others; when used of two or more, it implies concealment from all persons except those concerned. thus a company of counterfeiters carry on their villainy in secrecy.
The Lady Anne, Whom the king in secrecy hath long married. Shak.
2. Solitude; retirement; seclusion from the view of others.
3. Forbearance of disclosure or discovery.
It is not with public as with private prayer; in this, rather secrecy is commanded than outward show. Hooker.
4. Fidelity to a secret; the act or habit of keeping secrets.
For secrecy no lady closer.