 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
concealment
noun
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}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Concealment \Con*ceal"ment\, noun [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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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