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

  • (..) to hunt within their own ethnic groups. He's not a drifter. He's got his own house somewhere, not an apartment. - Why? - What he does with them takes privacy. He's in his thirties or forties. He's got real physical strength, combined with an older man's self-control. He's cautious, precise... (..)
    1991 The Silence of the Lambs
  • (..) pre-paid in full. The contract is in the name of a Miss Hester Mofet. So nobody's been in here since ? Not to my knowledge. Privacy is a great concern to my customers. Yes. I won't disturb anything, I promise. I'll be outta here before you know it. - May I help you? - Yes, actually. (..)
    1991 The Silence of the Lambs