Se″cre‐cy (?), n.; pl.Secrecies (#). [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. Shak.
2. That which is concealed; a secret. Shak.
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.