Concealment
[kən'siːlm(ə)nt] or [kən'silmənt]
Definition
(n.) The act of concealing; the state of being concealed.
(n.) A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation.
(n.) A secret; out of the way knowledge.
(n.) Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Secrecy, keeping secret.[2]. Privacy.[3]. Retreat, hiding-place.
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Examples
- I design to secrete it in the wall of the chimney, where I have slowly and laboriously made a place of concealment for it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Her mind, disposition, opinions, and habits wanted no half-concealment, no self-deception on the present, no reliance on future improvement. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But I regret to state that the fright I had given him proved too much for his best attempts at concealment. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Beneath a cluster of these which afforded perfect concealment from wandering air scouts, we lay down to sleep--for me the first time in many hours. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- At the dead of night Madame Fosco, Madame Rubelle, and myself (Percival not being cool enough to be trusted) accomplished the concealment. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It does not lend itself to concealment. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Hartright, concealment is at an end between us. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Too large for easy concealment about a woman's dress. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And these vile people reply, without a shadow of proof to justify them, He has his reasons for concealment; we decline to believe him on his oath. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But I hear some one exclaiming that the concealment of wickedness is often difficult; to which I answer, Nothing great is easy. Plato. The Republic.
- A sober and parsimonious people, who are strangers to all such projects, do not feel that they have occasion for any such concealment. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I have gone too far already for concealment. Jane Austen. Emma.
- How can I be ungrateful enough to have any concealment from you? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I will say nothing that is wrong, nothing that you or I need be ashamed of--but, oh, it will ease my heart so to end this miserable concealment! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Amid brilliant tropical plants brilliant plumage may afford means of concealment, as well as being a factor in the securing of mates. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- My first and last concealments from the reader are those which caution renders absolutely necessary in this portion of the narrative. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- We had no concealments from each other. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Our concealments will matter nothing. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- When I had converted her, she would, as a matter of course, have no concealments from Me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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