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se·crecy (sē′krə sē)

noun pl. secrecies -·cies

  1. the condition of being secret or concealed
  2. a tendency to keep things secret; practice or habit of being secretive

Etymology: altered < ME secretee < secre, secret < OFr secré < L secretus: see secret

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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