Se"cre*cy (?), 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.
"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 1913.