harboring
Giving secret refuge
Harboring means sheltering or giving refuge to someone or something, often with implications of concealment or protection from authorities: accused of harboring a fugitive, harboring illegal immigrants.
The word extends to holding thoughts or feelings privately, especially negative ones: harboring resentment, harboring suspicions.
Both senses suggest keeping something hidden that others might want exposed.
Place of safety
- havenShelter from danger
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- asylumShelter from persecution
- protectionGuarding against harm
safekeeping · sheltering · housing · lodging · concealing · shielding · nurturing · fostering
Person who breaks laws
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
- escapeeOne who fled confinement
- outlawFugitive from justice
runaway · deserter · stowaway · exile · outcast · immigrant · evacuee · alien
Keeping something secret
- hidingStaying out of sight
- keepingHolding in custody
- suppressingForcibly restraining or inhibiting
- withholdingKeeping from another
guarding · protecting · clandestine · covert · confidential · private · undisclosed · classified
refuge
Place of safety
protection · safekeeping · sheltering · housing · lodging · concealing · shielding · nurturing · fostering · care
criminal
Person who breaks laws
outlaw · runaway · deserter · stowaway · exile · outcast · immigrant · evacuee · alien · dissident
concealing
Keeping something secret
- hidingStaying out of sight
- keepingHolding in custody
- suppressingForcibly restraining or inhibiting
withholding · guarding · protecting · clandestine · covert · confidential · private · undisclosed · classified · mystery
port
Docking place for ships
moorage · marina · quay · wharf · jetty · pier · mooring · haven · shipyard · waterfront
grudge
Persistent resentment toward someone
- bitternessSharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
ill-will · malice · spite · rancor · grievance · enmity · hatred · acrimony · vengefulness · indignation
- concealmentconceal, hiding, concealing, concealed, hide
- human traffickinghuman trafficking, trafficking, traffickers, trafficking victims, victims
- complicityaccomplice, aiding, abetting, complicity, co-conspirator
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
- smugglingcontraband, smugglers, human smuggling, smuggling rings, people smuggling
- tortstort, negligence, tortfeasor, torts, tort law
harboringexposing
Making something known
surrendering · turning in · betraying · reporting · revealing
harboringreleasing
Allowing to escape
expressing · venting · airing · voicing · unburdening
harboringexpelling
Forcing someone out
rejecting · turning away · banishing · evicting · casting out
- harboring fugitivesHiding persons from law
harbor, harbors, harbored, harbour, harbours, harboured, harbouring, harbormaster, harborage