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

  • (..) styrofoam and I stuffed it inside. Which I thought both kind of creative and ironic. You know what I mean? - Mittens, I don't think that... - Check it out! Total privacy and completely sound proof! - Yeah, well, I don't think that I... - Okay, I lied. It's not sound proof. - But, you know... (..)
    2008 Bolt