Main Entry: priv·i·ty

Pronunciation: \ˈpri-və-tē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural priv·i·ties

Etymology: Middle English privite privacy, secret, from Anglo-French priveté, from Medieval Latin privitat-, privatas, from Latin privus private — more at private

Date: 1523

1 a : a relationship between persons who successively have a legal interest in the same right or property b : an interest in a transaction, contract, or legal action to which one is not a party arising out of a relationship to one of the parties
2 : private or joint knowledge of a private matter; especially : cognizance implying concurrence