secretness

secretness
a) Quality of being secret.
b) Secrecy.

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  • Secretness — Se cret*ness, n. 1. The state or quality of being secret, hid, or concealed. [1913 Webster] 2. Secretiveness; concealment. Donne. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • secretness — index evasion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • secretness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The habit, practice, or policy of keeping secrets: clandestineness, clandestinity, concealment, covertness, huggermugger, hugger muggery, secrecy, secretiveness. See SHOW …   English dictionary for students

  • secretness — n. confidentiality, state of being classified, privateness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • secretness — se·cret·ness …   English syllables

  • secretness — noun ( es) Etymology: Middle English secretnesse, from secret (I) + nesse ness : the quality or state of being secret …   Useful english dictionary

  • concealment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Keeping secret Nouns 1. concealment; hiding[ place]; curtain, screen, blind; smokescreen, ambush, camouflage; hideaway, hideout, sanctum sanctorum, safe house; secret passage or exit, back or side door,… …   English dictionary for students

  • secret — secretly, adv. secretness, n. /see krit/, adj. 1. done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations. 2. kept from the knowledge of any but the initiated or privileged: a secret password. 3. faithful or cautious in… …   Universalium

  • evasion — eva·sion /i vā zhən/ n 1: a means of evading 2: the act or an instance of evading see also tax evasion Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • closeness — Synonyms and related words: THI, accord, accordance, addition, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agreement, airlessness, airtight secrecy, alikeness, alliance, analogy, aping, approach, approximation, assemblage, assimilation, association …   Moby Thesaurus

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