secrecy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: secrecy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for secrecy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
secrecy n the trait of keeping things secret [syn: secrecy, secretiveness, silence] the condition of being concealed or hidden Synonym(s): privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Secrecy \Se"crecy\, n.; pl. {Secrecies}. [From {Secret}.] 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. [bd]The pensive secrecy of desert cell.[b8] --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.