The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion.
A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement. Her sacred privacies all open lie. Rowe.
Concealment of what is said or done. Shak.
A private matter; a secret. Fuller.
See Privity, 2. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.
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