A secret is something you only know, no one else. If more than one person knows that information, it is no longer a secret. Some of you think you have a secret or are in a secret society when the fact is you're actually in the occult.
A secret is a black box.
You know there is a box,
But you just can’t open it.
You wouldn’t know it’s closed.
Access denied !
It’s not a secret if you’re not looking for it.
Some are included while others are excluded.
A secret is anything ...
set apart, withdrawn; hidden, concealed or private
When you’re browsing in private mode,
You’re trying to keep things secret.
You don’t have the required privilege.
You’re trying to separate X from Y.
Some secret are inconsequential.
While some other are critical.
past participle of secernere "to set apart, part, divide; exclude," from se- "without, apart," properly "on one's own" (see
se-) + cernere "separate" (from PIE root
*krei- "to sieve," thus "discriminate, distinguish").