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.

Concepts

privacy

secrecy

solitude

seclusion

isolation

concealment

privateness

secret

retirement

solitariness

withdrawal

loneliness

privity

confidentiality

internal evidence

aloneness

mysticalness

confidential

intimacy

private life

detective

spy

one’s circumstances

separation

intimity

mystery

retreat

desert

wilderness

calmness

ease

noislessness

oyster

quiescence

quiescency

quiet

quietness

quietude

stillness

desolation

lonesomeness

hugger mugger

security

private and confidential

hiding

stealth

rest

remoteness

solitary life

circumstances

reclusion

personal life

undercover

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɪv.ə.si/

Etymology

From private + -cy.