noun

• (uncountable) The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.
• (uncountable) Freedom from unwanted or undue disturbance of one's private life.
• (uncountable) Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, surveillance, and disclosure of personal information, usually by a government or a private organization.
• (countable, obsolete) A place of seclusion.
• (obsolete, law) A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, contract etc.
• (obsolete) Secrecy.
• (countable, obsolete) A private matter.