concealment

[ kuhn-seel-muhnt ]

noun

1. the act of concealing.
2. the state of being concealed.
3. a means or place of hiding.

Other Words From

• noncon·cealment noun
• precon·cealment noun
• recon·cealment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of concealment¹

1275–1325; Middle English concelement < Anglo-French. See conceal, -ment

Example Sentences

Compared with traditional hearing aids, dental implant hearing aids could offer “excellent concealment, good comfort and improved quality of sound,” the researchers write.

From Science News

If it’s passed at the March 4 annual meeting, the company will have to publish a public report on the use of concealment clauses in cases of discrimination or harassment.

From MIT Technology Review

In some cases, concealment operates even on the surface of the image.

From Washington Post

The temptations and seductions that are bound up with such power and concealment form one of Thomson’s main themes.

From Washington Post

Severson, Aguirre and attorneys Thomas Girardi and Larry Shea last month filed a lawsuit alleging waste of city funds and a “misrepresentation and concealment of material facts” that led the city to enter into a one-sided real estate deal.

From Voice of San Diego

Efron, in a blink, went from shy concealment to peacock-ish display.

From The Daily Beast

In contrast to this pattern of accidental or deliberate concealment there were some well-advertised flourishes of national pride.

From The Daily Beast

At the News of the World, he said his concealment techniques grew lax and he started using company phones.

From The Daily Beast

If money is spent on concealment, what is that money but a campaign expenditure?

From The Daily Beast

And maybe its concealment showed his victory over those lures, of both the flesh and the brush.

From The Daily Beast

I never trouble my head about details; it is enough, the man is a political refugee, and his object concealment.

From Project Gutenberg

What was equally important, a thick clump of cottonwood and willow furnished tolerably secure concealment.

From Project Gutenberg

The friends of the monarchy soon found all efforts at concealment unavailing.

From Project Gutenberg

The church on the conversion of Constantine emerged from the concealment of the Catacombs to the sunshine of imperial favour.

From Project Gutenberg

But the institutions of the United Provinces were not well fitted for the purpose of concealment.

From Project Gutenberg