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English Dictionary: concealment	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
concealment n the condition of being concealed or hidden [syn: privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealment] 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" Synonym(s): screen, cover, covert, concealment the activity of keeping something secret Synonym(s): concealment, concealing, hiding
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Concealment \Conceal"ment\, n. [OF. concelement.] 1. 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. --Shak. 2. A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation. The cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few. --Thomson. 3. A secret; out of the way knowledge. [Obs.] Well read in strange concealments. --Shak. 4. (Law) Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known. --Wharton.