English-Thai Dictionary

secrecy

N ความลับ  การปิดบัง  ความเป็นส่วนตัว  ความ เร้นลับ  ความลึกลับ  การ เก็บความ ลับ  silence secret mystery kwam-lab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SECRECY

n.[from secret. ] 1. Properly, a state of separation; hence, concealment from the observation of others, or from the notice of any persons not concerned; privacy; a state of being bid from view. When used of an individual, secrecy implies concealment from all others; when used of two or more, it implies concealment from all persons except those concerned. thus a company of counterfeiters carry on their villainy in secrecy.
The Lady Anne, Whom the king in secrecy hath long married. Shak.
2. Solitude; retirement; seclusion from the view of others.
3. Forbearance of disclosure or discovery.
It is not with public as with private prayer; in this, rather secrecy is commanded than outward show. Hooker.
4. Fidelity to a secret; the act or habit of keeping secrets.
For secrecy no lady closer.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SECRECY

Se "cre *cy, n.; pl. Secrecies. Etym: [From Secret. ]

 

1. The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy. The Lady Anne, Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. Shak.

 

2. That which is concealed; a secret. [R.] Shak.

 

3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement. "The pensive secrecy of desert cell. " Milton.

 

4. The quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or discovery. It is not with public as with private prayer; in this, rather secrecy is commanded than outward show. Hooker.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

secrecy

se cre cy |ˈsēkrəsē ˈsikrəsi | ▶noun the action of keeping something secret or the state of being kept secret: the bidding is conducted in secrecy . ORIGIN late Middle English: from secret, probably on the pattern of privacy .

 

Oxford Dictionary

secrecy

se |crecy |ˈsiːkrɪsi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of keeping something secret or the state of being kept secret: the bidding is conducted in secrecy . ORIGIN late Middle English: from secret, probably on the pattern of privacy .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

secrecy

secrecy noun 1 the secrecy of the material: confidentiality, classified nature. 2 a government that thrives on secrecy: secretiveness, covertness, furtiveness, surreptitiousness, stealth, stealthiness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

secrecy

secrecy noun 1 there is no guarantee that the secrecy of the material will be maintained: confidentiality, classified nature, privateness. 2 you must make him understand the need for secrecy: clandestineness, furtiveness, surreptitiousness, secretiveness, stealth, stealthiness, covertness, cloak and dagger, mystery. 3 in the secrecy of that room, her eyes now betrayed all: seclusion, privacy, concealment, shelter, solitariness, loneliness, retirement, isolation, remoteness, privateness; rare sequestration.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

secrecy

se cre cy /síːkrəsi /→secret 名詞 U 秘密を守ること , 秘密のままであること ▸ in secrecy 秘密に ▸ be sworn to secrecy 秘密厳守を誓う .