secrecy

secrecy

noun

Definition of SECRECY

the practice or habit of keeping secrets or keeping one's affairs secret <this administration's steadfast adherence to secrecy is beginning to cost it the trust of the voters>

Synonyms closeness, secretiveness

Related Words confidentiality, privacy; discreetness, discretion, prudence; circumspection, wariness; reserve, reticence, silence, taciturnity; furtiveness, shiftiness, slyness, sneakiness, underhandedness; concealment, covertness, stealth, subterfuge

Near Antonyms candor, frankness, honesty, openness; imprudence, indiscretion