privacy

Definition

  • noun: the state of being alone
  • noun: the quality or state of being apart from company or observation
  • synonyms: seclusion, retreat, solitude

Examples

  • I don't care about what you do in the 'privacy' of your own home. [=I don't care what you do when you are at home by yourself or with your family]

  • She felt that the guard's request to search her was an 'invasion of (her) privacy'. [=she felt the search did not respect her privacy]

  • Celebrities have a right to 'privacy'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) -♪ Cry me a river ♪ Who's Julie? -♪ You can go on and just ♪ Lady Bird, you can't lock the door we have one bathroom. -Sorry, sorry, sorry. It's just this is the only place I can get any privacy. -You really need to use two towels? Uh, no. I guess, no. -If you need two towels you just have to say (..)
    2017 Lady Bird