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

  • (..) ' On every page. Shit, I need a second to let the classiness waft over me. Okay, look, we don't know' Cam, they wrote, "Zuckerberg said he hoped the privacy options "would help restore his reputation "following student outrage over facemash.com." That's exactly what we said to him. (..)
    2010 The Social Network
  • (..) Mr. Zuckerberg, this is an Administrative Board hearing. You're being accused of intentionally breaching security, violating copyrights, violating individual privacy by creating the website . You're also charged with being in violation of university policy, on distribution of digitized images. (..)
    2010 The Social Network