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Privacy is the state of being free from public scrutiny or from having your secrets or personal information shared.

(noun)

When you have your own room that no one enters and you can keep all of your things there away from the eyes of others, this is an example of a situation where you have privacy.

See privacy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. privacies

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

Origin: ME privace: see private & -cy

See privacy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. The quality or condition of being secluded from the presence or view of others.
b. The state of being free from unsanctioned intrusion: a person's right to privacy.
The state of being concealed; secrecy.

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