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

  • (..) the relatives of the brothers. Basically, we agree with you. The house screams security. It screams someone who wants privacy; it even screams bad guy. - But it does not scream bin Laden. - You get the point? If you can't prove it's bin Laden, at least prove it's not someone else. (..)
    2012 Zero Dark Thirty
  • (..) compound, which is unique. We got a -foot wall around the entire perimeter. The windows are blacked out. There's even a -foot privacy wall here, so, even if we got up high, we couldn't get a vantage point. I mean it's- it's a fortress. Well, can't you put a camera somewhere? (..)
    2012 Zero Dark Thirty