concealments
Acts of hiding
Concealments are acts of hiding or keeping something secret.
A concealment of evidence is a crime; a concealment of feelings is discretion or self-protection.
The word also applies to what provides cover: The hunters used natural concealments along the riverbank.
In legal contexts, concealment often implies intent to deceive.
Staying out of sight
- coveringLayer that shields or hides
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- maskingConcealing by covering
veiling · screening · shrouding · cloaking · obscuring · burial · stashing · caching
Hiding wrongdoing from public
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- dissimulationConcealing true feelings
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
evasion · misdirection · obfuscation · smokescreens · fronts · facades · masquerade · falsification
Concealment of information
- withholdingKeeping from another
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- perjuryCriminal courtroom dishonesty
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
embezzlement · falsification · misrepresentation · suppression · cover-ups · conspiracy · spoliation · redactions
Unconscious blocking of thoughts
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- bottlingPackaging liquids in containers
- maskingConcealing by covering
- hidingStaying out of sight
guardedness · stoicism · denial · burying · compartmentalization · deflection · avoidance · withdrawal
hiding
Staying out of sight
- coveringLayer that shields or hides
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
masking · veiling · screening · shrouding · cloaking · obscuring · burial · stashing · caching · secreting
cover-up
Hiding wrongdoing from public
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- dissimulationConcealing true feelings
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
duplicity · evasion · misdirection · obfuscation · smokescreens · fronts · facades · masquerade · falsification · suppression
nondisclosure
Concealment of information
- withholdingKeeping from another
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- perjuryCriminal courtroom dishonesty
fraud · embezzlement · falsification · misrepresentation · suppression · cover-ups · conspiracy · spoliation · redactions · classified
repression
Unconscious blocking of thoughts
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- bottlingPackaging liquids in containers
- maskingConcealing by covering
hiding · guardedness · stoicism · denial · burying · compartmentalization · deflection · avoidance · withdrawal · detachment
holsters
Firearm carrying cases
smuggling · contraband · waistband · strapping · packing · hiding · secreted · tucked · caching · compartments
concealmentsrevelations
Surprising facts made known
exposures · displays · shows · exhibitions · unveilings
concealmentsdisclosures
Acts of revealing information
admissions · announcements · declarations · confessions · revelations
concealmentsopenness
Quality of being accessible
transparency · candor · frankness · forthrightness · honesty