What is "privateness"

Privateness \Pri"vate*ness\, n.

1. Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy.
   --Bacon.

2. The state of one not invested with public office.

n. The quality or state of being private.

1. n. the condition of being concealed or hidden [syn: privacy, secrecy, concealment]

2. the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others [syn: privacy, seclusion]