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concealment

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con⋅ceal⋅ment

[kuhn-seel-muhnt]
–noun
1. the act of concealing.
2. the state of being concealed.
3. a means or place of hiding.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME concelement < AF. See conceal, -ment
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con·ceal   (kən-sēl')   
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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