'Privacies' definitions:

Definition of 'Privacies'

From: GCIDE
  • Privacy \Pri"va*cy\, n.; pl. Privacies. [See Private.]
  • 1. The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement. [1913 Webster]
  • Her sacred privacies all open lie. --Rowe. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Concealment of what is said or done. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A private matter; a secret. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. See Privity, 2. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]

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