privacy

Meaning

1. The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.
2. Freedom from unwanted or undue disturbance of one's private life.
3. Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, surveillance, and disclosure of personal information, usually by a government or a private organization.
4. (obsolete) A place of seclusion.
5. (obsolete) A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, contract etc.
6. (obsolete) Secrecy.
7. (obsolete) A private matter.

Synonyms

secrecy

solitude

seclusion

isolation

privateness

concealment

secret

㊙️

retirement

solitariness

privity

withdrawal

confidentiality

loneliness

private life

internal evidence

mysticalness

intimacy

confidential

aloneness

retreat

security

separation

spy

stealth

stillness

undercover

wilderness

solitary life

one’s circumstances

quiescency

intimity

personal life

noislessness

private and confidential

calmness

circumstances

desert

🏜️

desolation

detective

🕵️

ease

hiding

hugger mugger

lonesomeness

mystery

oyster

🦪

quiescence

quiet

quietness

quietude

reclusion

remoteness

rest

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɪv.ə.si/

Etymology

From private + -cy.