privacy
21privacy — priv|a|cy [ˈprıvəsi, ˈpraı US ˈpraı ] n [U] 1.) the state of being able to be alone, and not seen or heard by other people ▪ With seven people squashed in one house, you don t get much privacy. 2.) the state of being free from public attention ▪… …
22privacy — The issue of privacy centres around the notion that a person’s individual and family life should be free from unwanted intrusion, whether from institutions of state or the media. However, there is no right to privacy enshrined in English law.… …
23privacy — noun (U) 1 the state of being able to be alone, and not seen or heard by other people: With seven people squashed in one house, you don t get much privacy. 2 the state of being free from public attention: each individual s right to privacy …
24privacy — n. the condition of being withdrawn from public view. UK law now recognizes privacy as a human right, although there are occasions when this right may be overridden (for example, in legal proceedings). In medical ethics, the concept is associated …
25privacy — The right to be left alone, that is, to be free from unwarranted publicity and to live without unwarranted interference by the public in matters with which the public is not necessarily concerned. Prents v Morgan, 221 Ky 765, 299 SW 967, 55 ALR… …
26privacy — noun (plural cies) Date: 15th century 1. a. the quality or state of being apart from company or observation ; seclusion b. freedom from unauthorized intrusion < one s right to privacy > 2. archaic a place of seclusion 3 …
27privacy — /pruy veuh see/; Brit. also /priv euh see/, n., pl. privacies. 1. the state of being private; retirement or seclusion. 2. the state of being free from intrusion or disturbance in one s private life or affairs: the right to privacy. 3. secrecy. 4 …
28privacy — an opportunity to urinate or defecate Not just wanting to be alone: After he had eaten, Lawford went out into the bushes for privacy. (B. Cornwell, 1997) …
29privacy — noun protecting one s privacy Syn: seclusion, solitude, isolation, freedom from disturbance, freedom from interference …
30privacy — pri•va•cy [[t]ˈpraɪ və si[/t]] brit. also [[t]ˈprɪv ə si[/t]] n. pl. cies 1) the state of being private; retirement or seclusion 2) cvb freedom from the intrusion of others in one s private life or affairs: the right to privacy[/ex] 3) secrecy 4) …
