concealment
[kuh n-seel-muh nt]
- the act of concealing.
- the state of being concealed.
- a means or place of hiding.
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Origin of concealment
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Related Words
blind, hideaway, covering, mask, privacy, cover, camouflage, disguise, secretion, front, curtain, obliteration, veil, cover-up, beard, occultation, laundromat, dissimulation, obscurationExamples from the Web for concealment
Contemporary Examples
At the News of the World, he said his concealment techniques grew lax and he started using company phones.
If money is spent on concealment, what is that money but a campaign expenditure?
And maybe its concealment showed his victory over those lures, of both the flesh and the brush.
The best known of them, The Beauty of Concealment and the Concealment of Beauty, is available on Kindle.
Historical Examples
My reason for concealment was, that I might surprise you at the end of this voyage.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
There could probably be no concealment, certainly no explanation.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
Persons of the class alluded to will sometimes admit of concealment.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IIFrancis Augustus Cox
But it was not the policy of Hawkeye to affect the least concealment.
The Last of the MohicansJames Fenimore Cooper
But fear was accompanied by another instinct—that of concealment.
White FangJack London
Word Origin and History for concealment
n.
early 14c. (late 13c. in Anglo-French), from Old French concelement "concealment, secrecy," from conceler "to hide" (see conceal). Originally a term in law; general sense is from c.1600.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper