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

  • (..) Calm down, everything's fine. I'll explain everything later. Mom, are you there? Forks High School doesn't protect its students' privacy very well. It was just too easy for Victoria to find your previous address. but then Mom came home after she received a very worried call from your dad, (..)
    2008 Twilight