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

  • (..) They start yelling. The other says, "You bitch!" And starts beating him on the head. I say, "Look, I don't care what you do in the privacy of your own home... "behind closed doors. "This is an American free country. We've got a pursuit of happiness thing. "You're consenting. You're adult. (..)
    1976 Taxi Driver