Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.