secrecy

Definitions

1. Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
   countable, uncountable
2. secret
3. The habit of keeping secrets.
   countable, uncountable
4. a secret
5. first-person singular present indicative of secretar

Equivalents

Examples

“I was sworn to secrecy.”

“Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason⟳, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount⟳ Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave⟳ secrecy or privacy well out of the question⟳, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.”

“I suspect⟳ that this large and complex military railway system, shrouded in official secrecy for most of its operational life, remains unknown to many people.”

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