Concealment
1concealment — I noun camouflage, confinement, cover, deceitfulness, disappearance, disguise, disguisement, duplicity, evasion, furtiveness, hiding, incognito, inconspicuousness, invisibility, nonappearance, obfuscation, obscurity, obsuration, privacy,… …
2Concealment — (also called abscondence or hiding) is obscuring something from view or rendering it inconspicuous, the opposite of exposure. A military term is CCD: camouflage, concealment and deception (looks the same as the surroundings, cannot be seen, looks …
3Concealment — 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… …
4concealment — con‧ceal‧ment [kənˈsiːlmənt] noun [uncountable] 1. LAW the crime of not telling a court about something affecting a legal case, for example when a bankrupt person does not tell a court officer about any money or property they own: • It is a… …
5concealment — early 14c. (late 13c. in Anglo French), from O.Fr. concelement concealment, secrecy, from conceler to hide (see CONCEAL (Cf. conceal)). Originally a term in law; general sense is from c.1600 …
6concealment — [n] hiding, secrecy beard, blind, camouflage, cover, covering, cover up, curtain, disguise, dissimulation, fig leaf*, front, hideaway, hide out, laundromat, mask, obliteration, obscuration, occultation, privacy, red herring*, secretion, smoke… …
7Concealment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Concealment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 concealment concealment Sgm: N 1 hiding hiding &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 occultation occultation mystification GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 seal of secrecy seal of secrecy …
8concealment — [[t]kənsi͟ːlmənt[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Concealment is the state of being hidden or the act of hiding something. The criminals vainly sought concealment from the searchlight. ...the concealment of weapons. 2) N UNCOUNT: oft N of n The concealment of… …
9concealment — To conceal. A withholding of something which one knows and which one, in duty, is bound to reveal (e.g. assets in bankruptcy or divorce proceeding; health condition in insurance application). A concealment in law of insurance implies an intention …
10concealment — To conceal. A withholding of something which one knows and which one, in duty, is bound to reveal (e.g. assets in bankruptcy or divorce proceeding; health condition in insurance application). A concealment in law of insurance implies an intention …
