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

  • (..) War... on an industrial scale is inevitable. They'll do it themselfs within few years. All I have to do... Is wait. I like Switzerland. They respect a man's privacy here. Particularly if he has a fortune. Bishop takes knight to check. The game is over, You should get that shoulder looked at. (..)
    2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows