SECRECY


Meaning of SECRECY in English

n. 1 the keeping of secrets as a fact, habit, or faculty. 2 a state in which all information is withheld (was done in great secrecy). sworn to secrecy having promised to keep a secret.

[ ME f. secretie f. obs. secre (adj.) or SECRET adj. ]

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