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secrecy

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  • //ˈsiːkɹəsi//

Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.

sostantivo

  1. 1

    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.

    I suspect that this large and complex military railway system, shrouded in official secrecy for most of its operational life, remains unknown to many people.

  2. 2

    The habit of keeping secrets.

Etimologia

An alteration (on the model of primacy, etc.) of Late Middle English secretee, from Old French secré.

Forme

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