Sē'cre-cy, n.

n. [From secret.] 1. State of being secret; separation; retirement; privacy; concealment. “The pensive secrecy of desert cell.” Milton. The Lady Anne. Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. Shak. 2. The quality of being secret or 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.