concealment
concealment is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation. The cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few. Thomson.
- 2.A secret; out of the way knowledge. [Obs.] Well read in strange concealments. Shak.
- 3.(Law) Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known. Wharton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abditory
- adytum
- ambuscade
- ambush
- and
- back
- background
- behind
- between
- bite
- blend
- blind
- blinker
- blush
- born
- bridle
- button
- cave
- cloak
- close
- closet
- cloud
- conceal
- concealed
- costive
- costiveness
- counsel
- cover
- covered
- covert
- crypt
- curt
- curtain
- curtness
- danger
- dark
- deceive
- delitescence
- delitescent
- dim
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is concealment.
- What is a place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation. The cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few. Thomson called?
- What is a secret; out of the way knowledge. [Obs.] Well read in strange concealments. Shak called?
- What is suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known. Wharton called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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