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

  • (..) you're bringing in a Iot of . That means you're not a smaII-time punk anymore... you're pubIic property now. Supreme Court says that your privacy can be invaded. Okay. How much? How much? There's an answer to that, too. Can you see it? -Big number. (..)
    1983 Scarface