private

1. a. Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary. Source: opted

2. a. Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer. Source: opted

3. a. Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life. Source: opted

4. a. Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding. Source: opted

5. a. Having secret or private knowledge; privy. Source: opted

6. n. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication. Source: opted

7. n. Personal interest; particular business. Source: opted

8. n. Privacy; retirement. Source: opted

9. n. One not invested with a public office. Source: opted

10. n. A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer. Source: opted

11. n. The private parts; the genitals. Source: opted

12. adj. confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy Source: wordnet

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