Privacy \Pri"va*cy\, n.; pl. {Privacies}. [See {Private}.] 1. The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion. 2. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement. Her sacred privacies all open lie. --Rowe. 3. Concealment of what is said or done. --Shak. 4. A private matter; a secret. --Fuller. 5. See {Privity}, 2. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot.