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

  • (..) If anything happens to her... you are all Arendelle has left. He's in here. Prince Hans. Anna. You're so cold. Hans, you have to kiss me...What? Now. Now. We'll give you two some privacy. What happened out there? Elsa struck me with her powers. You said she'd never hurt you. I was wrong. Anna? (..)
    2013 Frozen