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pri·va·cy  (prv-s)
n.
1.
a. The quality or condition of being secluded from the presence or view of others.
b. The state of being free from unsanctioned intrusion: a person's right to privacy.
2. The state of being concealed; secrecy.

privacy
Noun
1. the condition of being private
2. secrecy
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.privacyprivacy - the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
reclusiveness - a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation
2.privacyprivacy - the condition of being concealed or hidden
isolation - a state of separation between persons or groups
covertness, hiddenness - the state of being covert and hidden
bosom - the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept; "his bosom was bursting with the secret"
confidentiality - the state of being secret; "you must respect the confidentiality of your client's communications"
hiding - the state of being hidden; "he went into hiding"

privacy
Translations
Spanish privacy [ˈprɪvəsɪ] n (= seclusion) → soledad f (= intimacy); intimidad f;
in the strictest privacy → con el mayor secreto

French privacy [ˈprɪvəsɪ] nintimité f, solitude f
German privacy [ˈprɪvəsɪ] nPrivatsphäre f
Italian privacy [ˈprɪvəsɪ] nsolitudine f; intimità

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To proclaim it in the heat and noise of a crowded ball-room was to rob it of the fine bloom of privacy which should belong to things nearest the heart.
I would have given much to be a disembodied spirit so that I could see them in the privacy of the studio and hear what they talked about.
Blake to retire to the privacy of his own room, and to consider with himself whether the training which can thus elevate a poor weak woman above the reach of insult, be not worthy of greater admiration than he is now disposed to feel for it.
 
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