PRI'VACY, n. [form private.] A state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; secrecy.
1. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement. Her sacred privacies all open lie.2. Privity. [Not used.] [See Privity.]3. Taciturnity. [Not used.]4. Secrecy; concealment of what is said or done.