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Definitions for secrecy
ˈsi krə sise·cre·cy
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Princeton's WordNet
secrecy, secretiveness, silencenoun
the trait of keeping things secret
privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealmentnoun
the condition of being concealed or hidden
Wiktionary
secrecynoun
Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden
secrecynoun
The habit of keeping secrets.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Secrecynoun
Etymology: from secret.
That’s not suddenly to be perform’d,
But with advice and silent secrecy. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.The lady Anne,
Whom the king hath in secrecy long married,
This day was view’d in open as his queen. William Shakespeare, H. VIII.In nature’s book of infinite secrecy,
A little can I read. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.Thou in thy secrecy, although alone,
Best with thyself accompany’d, seek’st not
Social communication. John Milton, Parad. Lost.There is no such thing as perfect secrecy, to encourage a rational mind to the perpetration of any base action; for a man must first extinguish and put out the great light within him, his conscience; he must get away from himself, and shake off the thousand witnesses which he always carries about him, before he can be alone. Robert South, Sermons.
It is not with publick as with private prayer: in this rather secrecy is commanded than outward shew; whereas that being the publick act of a whole society, requireth accordingly more care to be had of external appearance. Richard Hooker.
Wikipedia
Secrecy
Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controversial, depending on the content or nature of the secret, the group or people keeping the secret, and the motivation for secrecy. Secrecy by government entities is often decried as excessive or in promotion of poor operation; excessive revelation of information on individuals can conflict with virtues of privacy and confidentiality. It is often contrasted with social transparency. Secrecy can exist in a number of different ways: encoding or encryption (where mathematical and technical strategies are used to hide messages), true secrecy (where restrictions are put upon those who take part of the message, such as through government security classification) and obfuscation, where secrets are hidden in plain sight behind complex idiosyncratic language (jargon) or steganography. Another classification proposed by Claude Shannon in 1948 reads there are three systems of secrecy within communication: concealment systems, including such methods as invisible ink, concealing a message in an innocent text, or in a fake covering cryptogram, or other methods in which the existence of the message is concealed from the enemy privacy systems, for example, voice inversion, in which special equipment is required to recover the message "true" secrecy systems where the meaning of the message is concealed by the cypher, code, etc., although its existence is not hidden, and the enemy is assumed to have any special equipment necessary to intercept and record the transmitted signal
ChatGPT
secrecy
Secrecy is the act of keeping information hidden or concealed, often to prevent others from knowing or discovering certain facts or details. It involves maintaining a state of privacy or confidentiality to protect sensitive or valuable information from being shared or disclosed. This concept often applies to personal matters, government or business information, or any other situation where knowledge is restricted or controlled.
Webster Dictionary
Secrecynoun
the state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy
Secrecynoun
that which is concealed; a secret
Secrecynoun
seclusion; privacy; retirement
Secrecynoun
the quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or discovery
Etymology: [From Secret.]
Wikidata
Secrecy
Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups, perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controversial, depending on the content of the secret, the group or people keeping the secret, and the motivation for secrecy. Secrecy by government entities is often decried as excessive or in promotion of poor operation; excessive revelation of information on individuals can conflict with virtues of privacy and confidentiality.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
secrecy
In military economy this quality is peculiarly requisite. It signifies fidelity to a secret; taciturnity inviolate; close silence. Officers, in particular, should be well aware of the importance of it, as the divulging of what has been confidentially intrusted to them, especially on expeditions, might render the whole project abortive. The slightest deviation from it is very justly considered a breach of honor, as scandalous conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. In official matters the person so offending is liable to the severest punishment and penalty.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of secrecy in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of secrecy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of secrecy in a Sentence
I spoke up because I feel deeply that the secrecy of shame plays a significant part in what has kept this shift from happening before now, but never has there been a more urgent time to make sure our voices are used for truth, and I failed in that regard Monday night.
They had an impetuous affair and I was aware of it — not in any huge detail because it was n’t that big of a thing, it was n’t like it was such an ongoing thing. But Carrie Fisher had sworn me to secrecy on it, and no one had ever said anything to my mother.
One reason is that many of these sterilizations took place in institutions that again had no accountability. ... All of this was happening behind closed doors. People weren't necessarily aware of it, people who were subjects to this sterilization, many of the survivors still to this day find it so painful and hard to talk about that experience, it's so marked with shame and secrecy for them, that it's not like they're writing long confessionals about it. But some have.
It's basically a miscalculation on their part, an obsession with the details, the problem that they had was the secrecy and that caused a lot of backlash - because it lasted so long.
In these cases, the court balances the public's interest against the need for continued secrecy, this was a historic raid that has caused a great deal of public unrest. Millions of Americans are questioning the motivation of the Justice Department.
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