Pri"va*cy (?), n.; pl. Privacies (#). [See Private.]
1.
The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion.
2.
A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.
Her sacred privacies all open lie.
Rowe.
3.
Concealment of what is said or done.
Shak.
4.
A private matter; a secret.
Fuller.
5.
See Privity, 2.
[Obs.]
Arbuthnot.
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