reconcealment

Second act of covering

Reconcealment is the act of hiding something again after it has been exposed or discovered.

The prefix re- signals repetition: what was concealed, then revealed, gets concealed once more.

After the search party left, he moved the documents to a new location for reconcealment.

cover-up

whitewash

Conceal or coat pale

obfuscation · smokescreen · misdirection · doctoring · suppression · burial · hiding · masking · veiling · obscuring

secrecy

clandestine

Concealed from authorities

veiled · obscured · shrouded · furtive · surreptitious · unrevealed · cryptic · cloak-and-dagger · underground · hush-hush

stealth

infiltration

Covert entry into organization

surveillance · undercover · evasion · ghosting · undetected · silent · invisible · traceless · counter-surveillance · disappearing

protection

safeguarding

Preventing harm or loss

harboring · sanctuary · refuge · preservation · safekeeping · stashing · sequestering · rehiding

Opposites
visibility/exposure

reconcealmentrevelation

Surprising disclosed truth

exposure · disclosure · unveiling · uncovering · discovery

temporal sequence of disclosure

reconcealmentre-exposure

Repeat encounter with something

rediscovery · first exposure

sequence of disclosure

reconcealmentpublic record

Officially accessible government information

Family

conceal, conceals, concealed, concealing, concealment, concealments, unconceal, unconcealed

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