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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Secrecy \Se"cre*cy\, n.; pl. Secrecies. [From Secret.] 1. The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy. [1913 Webster] The Lady Anne, Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is concealed; a secret. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement. "The pensive secrecy of desert cell." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. The quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or discovery. [1913 Webster] It is not with public as with private prayer; in this, rather secrecy is commanded than outward show. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]