Crossword-Solution: SECRECY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Secrecy | n. | The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy. |
| Secrecy | n. | That which is concealed; a secret. |
| Secrecy | n. | Seclusion; privacy; retirement. |
| Secrecy | n. | The quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or discovery. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with SECRECY (5)
Each house shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Will he continue, then, to keep our secret? What will now be the course of his revenge?” “There is a strange secrecy in his nature,” replied Hester, thoughtfully; “and it has grown upon him by the hidden practices of his revenge.
Tillie swore each of her friends to secrecy, and, coming home from church or leaning over the fence, told them the most touching stories about Ray’s devotion, and how Thea would “never get over it.” Tillie’s confidences stimulated the general discussion of Thea’s venture.
And I did not think of that before! But tell me where is he? I must go to him at once, and I and my children must throw ourselves at his feet, and thank him for all that he has done for us.” “Alas, Madame!” said Lord Antony, “that is impossible.” “Impossible?—Why?” “Because the Scarlet Pimpernel works in the dark, and his identity is only known under a solemn oath of secrecy to his immediate followers.” “The Scarlet Pimpernel?” said Suzanne, with a merry laugh.
White of the Post Office wrote in 1908, "The chief objection which has been raised against modern wireless telegraphy is its want of secrecy.
Quotes with SECRECY (3)
The ORDINARY RESPONSE TO ATROCITIES is to banish them from consciousness. Certain violations of the social compact are too terrible to utter aloud: this is the meaning of the word unspeakable. Atrocities, however, refuse to be buried. Equally as powerful as the desire to deny atrocities is the conviction that denial does not work. Folk wisdom is filled with ghosts who refuse to rest in their graves until their stories are told. Murder will out. Remembering and telling the tru…
From the union of power and money, from the union of power and secrecy, from the union of government and science, from the union of government and art, from the union of science and money, from the union of ambition and ignorance, from the union of genius and war, from the union of outer space and inner vacuity, the Mad Farmer walks quietly away.
Some information is classified legitimately; as with military hardware, secrecy sometimes really is in the national interest. Further, military, political, and intelligence communities tend to value secrecy for its own sake. It's a way of silencing critics and evading responsibility - for incompetence or worse. It generates an elite, a band of brothers in whom the national confidence can be reliably vested, unlike the great mass of citizenry on whose behalf the information is…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, WSJ.
Used 13 times in crossword archives (1967–2019).