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1 secrecy
n. sekretess; diskretion; tystnadsplikt; tystlåtenhet, förtegenhet; i hemlighet* * *noun (the state of being or the act of keeping secret.) sekretess, hemlighetsfullhet -
2 bank secrecy
bankens tystnadsplikt -
3 in secrecy
i hemlighet -
4 medical secrecy
läkarsekretess (förbud för läkare att delge sin omgivning detaljer angående en patient) -
5 professional secrecy
tystnadsplikt (förbud att delge utomstående information angående arbetsplatsen) -
6 veil of secrecy
slöjan av hemlighetsfullhet -
7 hammer home
(to make great efforts to make a person realize: We'll have to hammer home to them the importance of secrecy.) slå fast, göra ngt helt klart för ngn -
8 secret
adj. hemlig; lönn-; gömd; förborgad; dold--------n. hemlighet; mysterium, enigma* * *['si:krit] 1. adjective(hidden from, unknown to, or not told to, other people: a secret agreement; He kept his illness secret from everybody.) hemlig2. noun1) (something which is, or must be kept, secret: The date of their marriage is a secret; industrial secrets.) hemlighet2) (a hidden explanation: I wish I knew the secret of her success.) hemlighet•- secrecy- secretive
- secretively
- secretiveness
- secretly
- secret agent
- secret police
- in secret
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9 veil
n. slöja; täckmantel; flor--------v. beslöja, skyla, dölja* * *[veil] 1. noun(a piece of thin cloth worn over the face or head to hide, cover, or protect it: Some women wear veils for religious reasons, to prevent strangers from seeing their faces; a veil of mist over the mountains; a veil of secrecy.) slöja, flor2. verb(to cover with a veil.) beslöja- veiled
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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
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secrecy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, total ▪ great, strict, utmost ▪ excessive ▪ government … Collocations dictionary
secrecy — se|cre|cy [ˈsi:krəsi] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: secretie secrecy (15 16 centuries), from secre secret (14 16 centuries), from Old French secré, from Latin secretus; SECRET1] 1.) the process of keeping something secret, or when something is… … Dictionary of contemporary English
secrecy — se|cre|cy [ sikrəsi ] noun uncount a situation in which you keep something secret, or the process of keeping something secret: Discussions were to take place in total secrecy. shrouded/cloaked/veiled in secrecy: The Iraqi contract was shrouded in … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
secrecy — noun (U) 1 the process of keeping something secret, or the state of being kept a secret: I must stress the need for absolute secrecy about the project. 2 be sworn to secrecy if you have been sworn to secrecy by someone, you have promised them… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English