privity

Plural: privities

Noun

• Knowledge of or participation in something secret or private.
• A divine mystery; something known only to God, or revealed only in holy scriptures.
• Privacy, secrecy.
• A private matter, a secret.
• The genitals.
• A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, e.g. contract, estate, etc.
• The fact of being privy to something; knowledge, compliance.

Examples

• He had an unspoken privity with his Scrabble opponent about not challenging obscure words.