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noun

Concealment n.

The act of concealing; the state of being concealed. "But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek." "Some dear cause Will in concealment wrap me up awhile."

A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation. "The cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few."

A secret; out of the way knowledge. (Obs.) "Well read in strange concealments."

(Law) Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known.

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"Concealment" Quotes from Famous Books

... Chunk resolved to find out before morning at all risks. Yet in the darkness and rain he felt much confidence in his ability to elude danger, for he knew every inch of the ground and of numerous places for concealment. ...

— Miss Lou • E. P. Roe

... and the sails and cordage of the prau, were cleared off. They had four large war boats, and fired a volley of musketry as they came up, and sent off their small boats to the attack. After they had left, our men observed from their concealment that three had stayed behind with a small boat; and being driven to desperation by the sight of the plundering, one brave fellow swam off armed only with his parang, or chopping-knife, and coming on them unawares made a desperate attack, killing one and wounding the ...

— The Malay Archipelago - Volume II. (of II.) • Alfred Russel Wallace

... fame'—and that universal mark of true benevolence marked His. He had to solve in His human life what we have to solve, the problem of keeping the narrow path between ostentation of powers and selfish concealment of faculty; and He solved it thus, 'leaving us an example that we ...

— Expositions of Holy Scripture - St. Mark • Alexander Maclaren

... house, playing ghost, coming at night to his secret chamber. I was disappointed with the room. Like my own room, it was nothing more than a long, bare attic. It had a false floor, like many houses of the time, but there was no thought of concealment here. Half a dozen of the long flooring planks were stored in a stack against the wall, so that anyone could see what lay in the hollow below. There was nothing romantic there. A long array of docketed, ticketed bundles of receipts filled more than half the space. ...

— Martin Hyde, The Duke's Messenger • John Masefield

... quickly their infatuation for each other was a matter of open comment on the part of the veriest on-looker. As he had the same idea that she had about the rights of the individual, and the same contempt for conventions and conventional people, there was no pretense of concealment, no need of ...

— Heart and Soul • Victor Mapes (AKA Maveric Post)

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