\Se"cre*cy\, n.; pl. {Secrecies}. [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.