Secrecy
Pronunciation : Se"cre*cy
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [From Secret.]
Definition : 1. 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.
2. That which is concealed; a secret. [R.] Shak.
3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement. "The pensive secrecy of desert cell." Milton.
4. 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.
pl. Secrecies.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913