Sentence:  Only paved alleyways tunneled through the walls of those fortresses into the mysterious core of intimacy behind the houses where backyards owned no fences , where one man 's property blended with the next to form courtyards in which no one knew <WSD>privacy</WSD> . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others