privacies

Variant of privacy

privacy definition

pri·vacy (prī′və sē; Brit priv′ə-)

noun pl. privacies -·cies

  1. the quality or condition of being private; withdrawal from company or public view; seclusion
  2. secrecy told in strict privacy
  3. one's private life or personal affairs an invasion of one's privacy

Etymology: ME privace: see private & -cy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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