con·ceal·ment
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| 1. | the act of concealing. |
| 2. | the state of being concealed. |
| 3. | a means or place of hiding. |
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tr.v. con·cealed, con·ceal·ing, con·ceals To keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; hide. See Synonyms at hide1. [Middle English concelen, from Old French conceler, from Latin concēlāre : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + cēlāre, to hide; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots.] con·ceal'a·ble adj., con·ceal'ment n. |
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| concealment | |
noun | |
| 1. | the condition of being concealed or hidden [syn: privacy] |
| 2. | a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background" [syn: screen] |
| 3. | the activity of keeping something secret |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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