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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the condition of being concealed or hidden;
[syn: privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealment]

2. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;
- Example: "a screen of trees afforded privacy"
- Example: "under cover of darkness"
- Example: "the brush provided a covert for game"
- Example: "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background"
[syn: screen, cover, covert, concealment]

3. the activity of keeping something secret;
[syn: concealment, concealing, hiding]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Concealment \Con*ceal"ment\, n. [OF. concelement.] 1. The act of concealing; the state of being concealed. [1913 Webster] But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Some dear cause Will in concealment wrap me up awhile. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation. [1913 Webster] The cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few. --Thomson. [1913 Webster] 3. A secret; out of the way knowledge. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Well read in strange concealments. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. (Law) Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

concealment n 1: the condition of being concealed or hidden [syn: privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealment] 2: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background" [syn: screen, cover, covert, concealment] 3: the activity of keeping something secret [syn: concealment, concealing, hiding]