Con*ceal"ment (?), n. [OF. concelement.]
1.
The act of concealing; the state of being concealed.
But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud,
Feed on her damask cheek.
Shak.
Some dear cause
Will in concealment wrap me up awhile.
Shak.
2.
A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation.
The cleft tree
Offers its kind concealment to a few.
Thomson.
3.
A secret; out of the way knowledge.
[Obs.]
Well read in strange concealments.
Shak.
4. Law
Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known.
Wharton.
© Webster 1913.