privacy

/หˆpษนaษชv.ษ™.sษช/

IPA: /P R AY1 V AH0 S IY0/

noun
  1. 1

    The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.

    โ€œI need my privacy, so please stay out of my room.โ€

  2. 2

    Freedom from unwanted or undue disturbance of one private life.

    โ€œIt takes a village to rob one of a sense of privacy.โ€

  3. 3

    Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, surveillance, and disclosure of personal information, usually by a government or a private organization.

    โ€œPrivacy is assumed by many to be among common-law rights.โ€

  4. 4

    A place of seclusion.

  5. 5

    A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, contract etc.; Privity.

  6. 6

    Secrecy.

  7. 7

    A private matter; a secret.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/privacy