Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRI'VATE-NESS
PRI'VATE-NESS, n.
- Secrecy; privacy. – Bacon.
- Retirement; seclusion from company or society. – Wotton.
- The state of an individual in the rank of common citizens, or not invested with office.
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