concealings

Acts of masking

Concealings is the plural of concealing, the gerund form of conceal.

It refers to multiple acts or instances of hiding something from view or keeping something secret.

The word appears most often in legal or formal contexts where several separate acts of concealment must be enumerated: The indictment listed multiple concealings of evidence over a three-year period.

In everyday speech, people typically use the singular or rephrase entirely.

physical

coverings

Things that enclose surfaces

screening · curtaining · overlaying · burying · tucking · pocketing · stowing · enveloping · swathing · mantling

secrecy

hidings

Acts of secreting away

suppressions · withholdings · burials · cloakings · camouflages · screens · blinds · coverups · subterfuges · deceptions

emotional

suppressions

Acts of forcibly subduing

dissemblings · facades · pretenses · guardedness · reservedness · stoicism · composure · withholdings · restraints · inhibitions

Opposites
visibility/disclosure

concealingsrevelations

Surprising facts made known

disclosures · exposures · unveilings · uncoverings · showings

Family

concealing

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