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noun

Secrecy n. (pl. secrecies)

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."

That which is concealed; a secret. (R.)

Seclusion; privacy; retirement. "The pensive secrecy of desert cell."

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."

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Etymology of 'Secrecy'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Secrecy" Quotes from Famous Books

... to consult as to the measures of which they should avail themselves to secure their persons from the tyranny of the governor, and whether they should remain in the said college in order to administer justice from that place, etc. They could not reach a decision in the matter, and with the same secrecy they returned to their houses; and ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898--Volume 39 of 55 • Various

... had consented, she said, "But I may act. I am not bound to secrecy. I have given no word or bond. I will go to the Governor with my love, and I do not fear the end. They will put me in a convent, and I shall see you no more, but I ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... father and mother, I have got the letter, on great promises of secrecy, and making no use of it. I will try if I can open it without breaking the seal, and will take a copy of it by and by; for Robin is in and out: there being hardly any room in this little house for one to be long alone. Well, ...

— Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded • Samuel Richardson

... the truth of the cause of the Pleasant Valley War, or if I did hear it I had no means of recognizing it. All the given causes were plausible and convincing. Strange to state, there is still secrecy and reticence all over the Tonto Basin as to the facts of this feud. Many descendents of those killed are living there now. But no one likes to talk about it. Assuredly many of the incidents told me really occurred, as, for example, the terrible one of the two women, ...

— To the Last Man • Zane Grey

... as in the Saturnalia and other similar festivals. We have certainly no right to regard these celebrations—of either kind—as insincere. They were, at any rate in their inception, genuinely religious or genuinely social and festal; and from either point of view they were far better than the secrecy of private indulgence which characterizes our modern world in these matters. The thorough and shameless commercialism of Sex has alas! been reserved for what is called "Christian civilization," and with it (perhaps as a necessary consequence) Prostitution ...

— Pagan & Christian Creeds - Their Origin and Meaning • Edward Carpenter

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