priv|i|ty

priv|i|ty
priv|i|ty «PRIHV uh tee», noun, plural -ties.
1. private knowledge: »

There had been five…attempts to assassinate the Prince, all of them with the privity of the Spanish government (John L. Motley).

2. = complicity. (Cf.complicity)
3. a legally recognized relation between two people, such as that of owner and tenant or employer and servant.
[< Old French privite, and privete < prive privy]

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  • priv|a|tive — «PRIHV uh tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. Grammar and Logic. expressing deprivation or denial of something. Un is a privative prefix; unwise means not wise. Never is a privative word. 2. Obsolete. having the quality of depriving. –n. Grammar. a… …   Useful english dictionary

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