Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PRI'VA-CY, n. [from private.]

1. A state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; secrecy.
2. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement. Her sacred privacies all open lie. – Rowe.
3. Privity. [Not used.] [See Privity.] – Arbuthnot.
4. Taciturnity. [Not used.] – Ainsworth.
5. Secrecy; concealment of what is said or done.