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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
in public
adv
  1. in a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly; "she admitted publicly to being a communist"
    Synonym(s): publicly, publically, in public
    Antonym(s): in camera, in private, privately
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Public \Pub"lic\, n.
      1. The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or
            community; the people, indefinitely; as, the American
            public; also, a particular body or aggregation of people;
            as, an author's public.
  
                     The public is more disposed to censure than to
                     praise.                                             --Addison.
  
      2. A public house; an inn. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
  
      {In public}, openly; before an audience or the people at
            large; not in private or secrecy. [bd]We are to speak in
            public.[b8] --Shak.
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