About The Word Concealment
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Concealment
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What's The Definition Of Concealment?
[n] the activity of keeping something secret
[n] a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of darkness" [n] the condition of being concealed or hidden Synonyms | Synonyms for Concealment: concealing | cover | covert | hiding | privacy | privateness | screen | secrecy Related Terms | Find terms related to Concealment: abri | air-raid shelter | airtight secrecy | asylum | bolt-hole | bomb shelter | bombproof | bunker | cache | cave | close secrecy | closeness | corner | cover | covert | coverture | cranny | crypticness | cubby | cubbyhole | cyclone cellar | dark corner | den | disappearance | discreetness | discretion | dugout | earth | evasion | evasiveness | fallout shelter | foxhole | funk hole | hiddenness | hideaway | hideout | hidey hole | hiding | hiding place | hole | hugger-mugger | hugger-muggery | immateriality | imperceptibility | indiscernibility | invisibility | lair | niche | nonappearance | nook | recess | refuge | retreat | safety zone | sanctuary | secrecy | secret place | secretiveness | secretness | shelter | stash | storm cave | storm cellar | subterfuge | the dark | the invisible | the unseen | trench | uncommunicativeness | undercovert | unperceivability | unseeableness | unsubstantiality | viewlessness See Also | activity | blind | bosom | burial | burying | camouflage | camouflage | confidentiality | cover | covering | covering | cover-up | disguise | isolation | mask | masking | money laundering | screening | shoji | stalking-horse | stealing | stealth Concealment In Webster's Dictionary \Con*ceal"ment\, n. [OF. concelement.]
1. The act of concealing; the state of being concealed.
But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on
her damask cheek. --Shak.
Some dear cause Will in concealment wrap me up
awhile. --Shak.
2. A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem
observation.
The cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few.
--Thomson.
3. A secret; out of the way knowledge. [Obs.]
Well read in strange concealments. --Shak.
4. (Law) Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in
justice ought to be made known. --Wharton.
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