| NOUN | state | concealment, privacy, privateness, secrecy | the condition of being concealed or hidden / hidden |
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| artifact | concealment, screen, cover, covert | a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something | |
| act | concealment, concealing, hiding | the activity of keeping something secret |
| Sounds | kahnsiy'lmahnt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | The condition of being concealed or hidden / hidden. | |
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| Synonyms | privacy, privateness, secrecy | |
| Narrower | bosom | The chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept |
| confidentiality | The state of being secret | |
| hiddenness, covertness | The state of being covert and hidden / hidden | |
| hiding | The state of being hidden | |
| Broader | isolation | A state of separation between persons or groups |
| Spanish | clandestinidad, privacidad, secreta, secreto | |
| Catalan | clandestinitat, privacitat, secret | |
| Verbs | conceal | prevent from being seen or discovered |
| Meaning | A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something. | |
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| Example | "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background" | |
| Synonyms | screen, cover, covert | |
| Narrower | blind | A hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters) |
| camouflage | device or stratagem for concealment or deceit | |
| shoji | A translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper | |
| stalking-horse | screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game | |
| Broader | covering | An artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) |
| Spanish | pantalla | |
| Catalan | pantalla | |
| Meaning | The activity of keeping something secret. | |
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| Synonyms | concealing, hiding | |
| Narrower | burying, burial | concealing something under the ground |
| cover, covering, screening, masking | The act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | |
| cover | A false / false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent) | |
| cover-up | concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public | |
| disguise, camouflage | The act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance | |
| mask | Activity that tries to conceal something | |
| money laundering | concealing the source of illegally gotten money | |
| smoke screen, smokescreen | An action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure / obscure / obscure | |
| stealth, stealing | avoiding detection by moving carefully | |
| Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
| Spanish | disimulo, ocultación | |
| Catalan | dissimulació, ocultació | |
| Verbs | conceal | hold back |
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