Crossword clues for concealment
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Concealment \Con*ceal"ment\, n. [OF. concelement.]
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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.
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A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation.
The cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few.
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A secret; out of the way knowledge. [Obs.]
Well read in strange concealments.
--Shak. (Law) Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known.
--Wharton.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The practice of keeping secrets 2 The condition of being hidden or concealed 3 (context military English) protection from observation or surveillance
WordNet
n. the condition of being concealed or hidden [syn: privacy, privateness, secrecy]
a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of darkness" [syn: screen, cover, covert]
the activity of keeping something secret [syn: concealing, hiding]
Usage examples of "concealment".
For Arjun, who was so well known, a stricter concealment was necessary.
The official police had at last ascertained that he was in Paris, but they could not learn the place of his concealment.
More recently he had been away from Bou Saada, but now he was back, and Tarzan knew his place of concealment.
Only when it had receded far to the south did Bozo emerge from his place of concealment.
Divine Reality hath everlastingly been identical with its concealment and its concealment identical with its revelation.
Had Fanchon been a provocatively proportioned woman there might have been more reason---and less desire---for bodily concealment.
There was no need for concealment, for each had enjoyed his sweetheart in peace and happiness, and it was only modesty which silenced our congratulations.
When I got back to my room and had shut the door, I drew the Undine out of her place of concealment.
His fighting chieftains each sought advantage of the best ground possible-a knoll or hillock, or a hedgy place of concealment, with their warriors ranged about them, shields of tanned hide sheltering their bodies, spears and axes and bows at the ready.
As he took his place in concealment, beside Lemmon and not too far from Jon, he began to quiver with excitement.
With a buzz and a whir of metallic wings, a nit of NuNu took to the air, circling about in search of escape or concealment.
The horses were grazing close to the edge of the forest in which Nobs and I were concealed, while the ground between us and them was dotted with clumps of flowering brush which offered perfect concealment.
He imagined a serpent with eyes all along its back and belly and sides: gigantic, looking down at them from concealment in those prickly tree branches, or invisibly from the orangish sky.
Greek petasus, admirably adapted for concealment as well as protection.
Additionally, the sky-car must be protected against every manner of damage, nuisance and misfortune, including pilferage, destruction, curiosity, tampering, vandalism, defilement, removal or concealment.