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  • English Word Privacy Definition A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.
  • English Word Privacy Definition Concealment of what is said or done.
  • English Word Privacy Definition A private matter; a secret.
  • English Word Privacy Definition See Privity, 2.
  • English Word Privado Definition A private friend; a confidential friend; a confidant.
  • English Word Private Definition Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary.
  • English Word Private Definition Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer.
  • English Word Private Definition Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life.
  • English Word Private Definition Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.
  • English Word Private Definition Having secret or private knowledge; privy.
  • English Word Private Definition A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
  • English Word Private Definition Personal interest; particular business.
  • English Word Private Definition Privacy; retirement.
  • English Word Private Definition One not invested with a public office.
  • English Word Private Definition A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.
  • English Word Private Definition The private parts; the genitals.
  • English Word Privateer Definition An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See Letters of marque, under Marque.
  • English Word Privateer Definition The commander of a privateer.
  • English Word Privateer Definition To cruise in a privateer.
  • English Word Privateered Definition of Privateer
  • English Word Privateering Definition of Privateer
  • English Word Privateering Definition Cruising in a privateer.
  • English Word Privateersman Definition An officer or seaman of a privateer.
  • English Word Privateersmen Definition of Privateersman
  • English Word Privately Definition In a private manner; not openly; without the presence of others.
  • English Word Privately Definition In a manner affecting an individual; personally not officially; as, he is not privately benefited.
  • English Word Privateness Definition Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy.
  • English Word Privateness Definition The state of one not invested with public office.
  • English Word Privation Definition The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.
  • English Word Privation Definition The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations.