secrecy
[noun]
Synonyms:
- mystery, concealment, confidentiality, privacy, silence
- secretiveness, clandestineness, covertness, furtiveness, stealth

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Antonyms: openness
Related Words: clandestineness, covertness, furtiveness, concealment, stealth, subterfuge, censorship, suppression

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

se‧cre‧cy /ˈsiːkrəsi/ noun [uncountable]
[Word Family: noun: secrecy, secret, secretiveness; adverb: secretly, secretively; adjective: secret, secretive; verb: secrete]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: secretie 'secrecy' (15-16 centuries), from secre 'secret' (14-16 centuries), from Old French secré, from Latin secretus; ⇒ secret¹]

1. the process of keeping something secret, or when something is kept a secret ⇒ secret:
I must stress the need for absolute secrecy about the project.
His work was shrouded in secrecy.
the veil of secrecy that covered the talks

2. swear somebody to secrecy to make someone promise not to repeat what you have told them

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

secrecy
noun
ADJ. absolute, total | great, strict | excessive, unnecessary | commercial, official
VERB + SECRECY maintain | be shrouded in | swear sb to All the researchers on the project are sworn to secrecy.
SECRECY + VERB surround sth
PREP. in ~ The drugs squad operates in the greatest secrecy.
~ about The organization has managed to maintain secrecy about its activities.
PHRASES a blanket/cloak/veil of secrecy A blanket of secrecy surrounded the tribunals.

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