Concealment

Definition of Concealment

Con`ceal´ment
n.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.
Well read in strange concealments.
- Shak.
4.(Law) Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known.

Related Words

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
Word:

Browse

Conative
Conatus
Concamerate
Concameration
Concatenate
Concatenation
Concause
Concavation
Concave
Concaved
Concaveness
Concavity
Concavo-concave
Concavo-convex
Concavous
Conceal
Concealable
Concealed
Concealed weapons
Concealer
-Concealment-
Concede
conceded
conceding
Conceit
Conceited
Conceitedly
Conceitedness
Conceitless
Conceivable
Conceive
Conceiver
Concelebrate
Concent
Concenter
Concentrate
concentrated
Concentration
Concentrative
Concentrativeness
Concentrator
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

© 2009 Interapple, Inc. Cover