(of secrecy)

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• Secrecy — Se cre*cy, n.; pl. {Secrecies}. [From {Secret}.] 1. The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy. [1913 Webster] The Lady Anne, Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• secrecy — index concealment, confidence (relation of trust), evasion, mystery, obscuration, privacy Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• secrecy — (n.) early 15c., secretee, quality of being secret, from O.Fr. secré, variant of secret (see SECRET (Cf. secret)). Form altered late 16c. on model of primacy, etc …   Etymology dictionary

• secrecy — [n] concealment clandestineness, confidence, confidentiality, covertness, dark, darkness, furtiveness, hiding, hush, isolation, mystery, privacy, reticence, retirement, seclusion, secretiveness, secretness, silence, solitude, stealth, suppression …   New thesaurus

• secrecy — [sē′krə sē] n. pl. secrecies [altered < ME secretee < secre, secret < OFr secré < L secretus: see SECRET] 1. the condition of being secret or concealed 2. a tendency to keep things secret; practice or habit of being secretive …   English World dictionary

• Secrecy — For the 2008 documentary film, see Secrecy (film). Secret and Covert redirect here. For other uses, see Secret (disambiguation) and Covert (disambiguation). Clandestinity redirects here. For the diriment impediment in the canon law of the Roman… …   Wikipedia

• Secrecy (sociology) — Dr. Georg Simmel integrated the term Secrecy and merged it within Social Theory and Sociology. [Simmel 1906] Simmel describes secrecy as the ability or habit of keeping secrets. He defines the secret as the ultimate sociological form for the… …   Wikipedia

• secrecy — n. 1) to ensure secrecy 2) strict secrecy 3) secrecy in (secrecy in conducting negotiations) 4) in secrecy (to meet in secrecy) (the meetings were held in the strictest secrecy) 5) (misc.) to swear smb. to secrecy * * * [ siːkrɪsɪ] (misc.) to… …   Combinatory dictionary

• secrecy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, total ▪ great, strict, utmost ▪ excessive ▪ government …   Collocations dictionary

• Secrecy of correspondence — NOTOC The secrecy of correspondence ( de. Briefgeheimnis, sv. brevhemlighet, fi. kirjesalaisuus), or literally translated as secrecy of letters, is a fundamental legal principle enshrined in the constitutions of several European countries. It… …   Wikipedia

• Secrecy (film) — Infobox Film name = Secrecy caption = director = Peter Galison Robb Moss producer = writer = starring = music = cinematography = editing = Chyld King distributor = released = 18 January 2008 runtime = 85 min country = flagicon|USA U.S.A. language …   Wikipedia