secrecy

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the trait of keeping things secret

   The council conducted the negotiations in secrecy.

2. 2
   noun

   the condition of being concealed or hidden

   The council conducted the negotiations in secrecy.

3. 3
   noun

   Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.

   I was sworn to secrecy.

4. 4
   noun

   The habit of keeping secrets.

   The council conducted the negotiations in secrecy.

Alteration (on model of primacy, etc) of Late Middle English secretee, from Old French secré.

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