noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden. countable, uncountable

   "I was sworn to secrecy."

2. 2
   the trait of keeping things secret wordnet
3. 3
   The habit of keeping secrets. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   the condition of being concealed or hidden wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

privacyapartheidapartnessburialburyingcensorship

Example

More examples

"The conference was cloaked in secrecy."

Etymology

Alteration (on model of primacy, etc) of Late Middle English secretee, from Old French secré.

Related phrases

professional secrecysecrecy jurisdiction

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