noun [U]
1 the state of being alone and not watched or disturbed by other people:
She was longing for some peace and privacy. * I value my privacy. * He read the letter later in the privacy of his own room.
2 the state of being free from the attention of the public:
freedom of speech and the right to privacy * She complained that the photographs were an invasion of her privacy.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for privacy is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does privacy appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — privacy appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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