private

Definitions

• Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group.
• Not accessible by the public.
• Not in governmental office or employment.
• Not publicly known; not open; secret.
• Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded.
• Not traded by the public.
• Secretive; reserved.
• (US) Not shared with another patient.
• (not comparable) Accessible only to the class itself or instances of it, and not to other classes or even subclasses.