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secrecy

/ˈsiːkɹəsi/ noun B2
  1. Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden. (countable, uncountable) · I was sworn to secrecy.
  2. The habit of keeping secrets. (countable, uncountable)

Plural secrecies

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They wish for secrecy, since we are to converse in a private room.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1042 · C1
It is possible that I might have placed them upon record before, but a promise of secrecy was made at the time, from which I have only been freed during the last month by the untimely death of the lady to whom the pledge was given.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 34 · B2
Under pledge of secrecy, Mr.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 24 · B2
But absolute secrecy was necessary, or even in this quiet country-side there would have been an outcry, and I should have been dragged to my horrible doom.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 24 · B2

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