concealment
Roget category 528
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.9. Modes of communication
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Concealment
noun
concealment —
hiding
etc.
v. —
occultation,
mystification.
seal of secrecy —
screen
etc.
530 —
disguise
etc.
530 —
masquerade —
masked battery —
hiding place
etc.
530 —
cryptography,
steganography† —
freemasonry.
stealth,
stealthiness,
sneakiness —
obreption† —
slyness
etc.
(cunning)
702.
latitancy†,
latitation† —
seclusion
etc.
893 —
privacy,
secrecy,
secretness† —
incognita.
reticence —
reserve —
mental reserve,
reservation —
arriere pensee [Fr.],
suppression,
evasion,
white lie,
misprision —
silence
etc.
(taciturnity)
585 —
suppression of truth
etc.
544 —
underhand dealing —
closeness,
secretiveness
etc.
adj. —
mystery.
latency
etc.
526 —
snake in the grass —
secret
etc.
533 —
stowaway.
verb
conceal,
hide,
secrete,
put out of sight —
lock up,
seal up,
bottle up.
encrypt,
encode,
cipher.
cover,
screen,
cloak,
veil,
shroud —
cover up one's tracks —
screen from sight,
screen from observation —
drawing the veil —
draw the curtain,
close the curtain —
curtain,
shade,
eclipse,
throw a view over —
be cloud,
be mask —
mask,
disguise —
ensconce,
muffle,
smother —
befog —
whisper.
keep from —
keep back,
keep to oneself —
keep snug,
keep close,
keep secret,
keep dark —
bury —
sink,
suppress —
keep from,
keep from out of view,
keep from out of sight —
keep in the shade,
throw into the shade,
throw into background —
stifle,
hush up,
smother,
withhold,
reserve —
fence with a question —
ignore
etc.
460.
keep a secret,
keep one's own counsel —
hold one's tongue
etc.
(silence)
585 —
make no sign,
not let it go further —
not breathe a word,
not breathe a syllable about —
not let the right hand know what the left is not let the right hand know what the left is doing —
hide one's light under a bushel,
bury one's talent in a napkin.
keep in the dark,
leave in the dark,
keep in the ignorance —
blind,
blind the eyes —
blindfold,
hoodwink,
mystify —
puzzle
etc.
(render uncertain)
475 —
bamboozle
etc.
(deceive)
545.
be concealed
etc.
v. —
suffer an eclipse —
retire from sight,
couch —
hide oneself —
lie hid,
lie in perdu [Fr.],
lie in close —
lie in ambush
(ambush)
530 —
seclude oneself
etc.
893 —
lurk,
sneak,
skulk,
slink,
prowl —
steal into,
steal out of,
steal by,
steal along —
play at bopeep†,
play at hide and seek —
hide in holes and corners —
still hunt.
adjective
concealed
etc.
v. —
hidden —
secret,
recondite,
mystic,
cabalistic,
occult,
dark —
cryptic,
cryptical† —
private,
privy,
in petto,
auricular,
clandestine,
close,
inviolate —
tortuous.
behind a screen
etc.
530 —
undercover,
under an eclipse —
in ambush,
in hiding,
in disguise —
in a cloud,
in a fog,
in a mist,
in a haze,
in a dark corner —
in the shade,
in the dark —
clouded,
wrapped in clouds,
wrapt in clouds† —
invisible
etc.
447 —
buried,
underground,
perdu [Fr.] —
secluded
etc.
893.
undisclosed
etc.
529,
untold
etc.
527 —
covert
etc.
(latent)
526 —
untraceable —
mysterious
etc.
(unintelligible)
519.
irrevealable†,
inviolable —
confidential —
esoteric —
not to be spoken of —
unmentionable.
obreptitious†,
furtive,
stealthy,
feline —
skulking
etc.
v. —
surreptitious,
underhand,
hole and corner —
sly
etc.
(cunning)
702 —
secretive,
evasive —
reserved,
reticent,
uncommunicative,
buttoned up —
close,
close as wax —
taciturn
etc.
585.
adverb
secretly
etc.
adj. —
in secret,
in private,
in one's sleeve,
in holes and corners —
in the dark
etc.
adj..
januis clausis [Lat.],
with closed doors,
a huis clos [Fr.] —
hugger mugger,
a la derobee [Fr.] —
under the cloak of,
under the rose,
under the table —
sub rosa [Lat.],
en tapinois [Fr.],
in the background,
aside,
on the sly,
with bated breath,
sotto voce [Lat.],
in a whisper,
without beat of drum,
a la sourdine†.
behind the veil —
beyond mortal ken,
beyond the grave,
beyond the veil —
hid from mortal vision —
into the eternal secret,
into the realms supersensible†,
into the supreme mystery.
in confidence,
in strict confidence,
in strictest confidence —
confidentially
etc.
adj. —
between ourselves,
between you and me —
between you and me and the bedpost —
entre nous [Fr.],
inter nos,
under the seal of secrecy —
a couvert [Fr.].
underhand,
by stealth,
like a thief in the night —
stealthily
etc.
adj. —
behind the scenes,
behind the curtain,
behind one's back,
behind a screen
etc.
530 —
incognito —
in camera.
phrase
it must go no further,
it will go no further —
don't tell a soul —
tell it not in Gath,"
nobody the wiser —
alitur vitium vivitque tegendo [Lat.] —
let it be tenable in your silence still"
[Hamlet].
[confidential disclosure to news reporters]
background information,
deep background information,
deep background —
background session,
backgrounder —
not for attribution
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