1. (n.) The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion.

2. (n.) A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.

3. (n.) Concealment of what is said or done.

4. (n.) A private matter; a secret.

5. (n.) See Privity, 2.

Jim Crow adytum alienation aloneness aloofness anonymity apartheid apartness ashram celibacy cell clandestineness cloister closed meeting concealment confidentiality confidentialness covertness den detachment executive session hermitage hideaway hideout hiding place holy of holies incognito isolation isolationism ivory tower keeping apart lair loneliness loneness lonesomeness mew monasticism moving apart private conference privatism privatization quarantine recess reclusion retirement retreat rustication sanctum sanctum sanctorum seclusion secrecy secret place secretiveness segregation separateness separation sequestration single blessedness solitariness solitude splendid isolation surreptitiousness withdrawal