secrecy
noun
1 secrecy
The trait of keeping things secret.
synonyms: secretiveness, silence.
Dutch: discretie, geheimhouding, geheimzinnigheid
Polish: skrytość, zamkniętość, zamkniętość w sobie
2 secrecy
The condition of being concealed or hidden.
synonyms: concealment, privacy, privateness.
Roget 528:
concealment;
hiding
etc.
v.;
occultation,
mystification.
seal of secrecy;
screen
etc.
530;
disguise
etc.
530;
masquerade;
masked battery;
hiding place
etc.
530;
cryptography,
steganography†;
freemasonry.
stealth,
stealthiness,
sneakiness;
obreption†;
slyness
etc.
(cunning)
702.
latitancy†,
latitation†;
seclusion
etc.
893;
privacy,
secrecy,
secretness†;
incognita.
reticence;
reserve;
mental reserve,
reservation;
arriere pensee [Fr.],
suppression,
evasion,
white lie,
misprision;
silence
etc.
(taciturnity)
585;
suppression of truth
etc.
544;
underhand dealing;
closeness,
secretiveness
etc.
adj.;
mystery.
latency
etc.
526;
snake in the grass;
secret
etc.
533;
stowaway.
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Dutch: geheimhouding
Polish: dyskrecja
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