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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Secrecy  \Se"cre*cy\,  n.;  pl  {Secrecies}.  [From  {Secret}.] 
  1.  The  state  or  quality  of  being  hidden;  as  his  movements 
  were  detected  in  spite  of  their  secrecy. 
 
  The  Lady  Anne,  Whom  the  king  hath  in  secrecy  long 
  married.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  That  which  is  concealed;  a  secret.  [R.]  --Shak. 
 
  3.  Seclusion;  privacy;  retirement.  ``The  pensive  secrecy  of 
  desert  cell.''  --Milton. 
 
  4.  The  quality  of  being  secretive;  fidelity  to  a  secret; 
  forbearance  of  disclosure  or  discovery. 
 
  It  is  not  with  public  as  with  private  prayer;  in 
  this  rather  secrecy  is  commanded  than  outward  show 
  --Hooker. 




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