SECRE
Se"cre, n.
Defn: A secret. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SECRECY
Se"cre*cy, n.; pl. Secrecies. Etym: [From Secret.]
1. The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy. The Lady Anne, Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. Shak.
2. That which is concealed; a secret. [R.] Shak.
3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement. "The pensive secrecy of desert cell." Milton.
4. The quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or discovery. It is not with public as with private prayer; in this, rather secrecy is commanded than outward show. Hooker.
SECRELY
Se"cre*ly, adv.
Defn: Secretly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SECRENESS
Se"cre*ness, n.