Privacy \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)