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.