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

  • (..) - Come on,Jiminy. - All right. Soon as l take on some ballast. One side, sister. Well, so long. Hmm, put it in the wrong end. Hmph, no more privacy than a goldfish. Ooh, chilly. Father! Father! Hey, Pinoke, wait for me! Father! (..)
    1940 Pinocchio