secrecy
noun
- practice of hiding information, or quality of hidden information
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈsiːkɹəsi/
noun
Etymology: Alteration (on model of primacy, etc) of Late Middle English secretee, from Old French secré.
- Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
“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.”
- The habit of keeping secrets.