secrecy Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun the trait of keeping things secret
silence; secretiveness.
noun the condition of being concealed or hidden
privateness; concealment; privacy.

From Secret.

plural Secrecies

The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy.
The Lady Anne, Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. Shak.
That which is concealed; a secret. R. Shak.
Seclusion; privacy; retirement. "The pensive secrecy of desert cell." Milton.
The quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or discovery.
It is not with public as with private prayer; in this, rather secrecy is commanded than outward show. Hooker.