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Privacy

//ˈpɹɪv.ə.si// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others. uncountable

    "I need my privacy, so please stay out of my room."

  2. 2
    the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others wordnet
  3. 3
    Freedom from unwanted or undue disturbance of one's private life. uncountable

    "It takes a village to rob one of a sense of privacy."

  4. 4
    the condition of being concealed or hidden wordnet
  5. 5
    Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, surveillance, and disclosure of personal information, usually by a government or a private organization. uncountable

    "Privacy is assumed by many to be among common-law rights."

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  1. 6
    A place of seclusion. countable, obsolete
  2. 7
    A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, contract etc. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  3. 8
    Secrecy. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  4. 9
    A private matter. countable, obsolete

    "It ſeems more probable that Ovid vvas either the Confident of ſome other paſſion, or that he had ſtumbled by ſome inadvertency, upon the privacies of Livia, and ſeen her in a Bath: […]"

Etymology

From private + -cy.

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