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concealment |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Concealment \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: concealment n 1: the condition of being concealed or hidden [syn: {privacy}, {privateness}, {secrecy}] 2: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something "they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of darkness" [syn: {screen}, {cover}, {covert}] 3: the activity of keeping something secret [syn: {concealing}, {hiding}, {secreting}]
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