Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Secrecy

Secrecy , noun

[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. — Shakespeare
2.
That which is concealed; a secret. [Rare] — Shakespeare
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