Concept cluster: Negative qualities > Secrecy
n
(idiomatic) Something interesting or important but not well-known.
adj
(obsolete) Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed.
adj
(nonstandard) secret, clandestine
adj
Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
adj
Formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in English) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal.
adj
Alternative spelling of closed-source [(chiefly software) Whose constituent makeup, or source code, is not made publicly available.]
adj
(by extension) Not open about some aspect of one's identity, tendency or fondness; secret.
n
Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
adj
Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly
n
Alternative form of dern [(obsolete) A secret; secrecy.]
n
concealment; seclusion; retirement
n
(obsolete) A secret; secrecy.
adv
(obsolete) Secretly.
adj
(espionage) Too secret to be put in writing; only to be transmitted orally.
adj
Secret, not spoken of (or spoken of only in hushed whispers between insiders).
adv
In secret or in private (in an enclosed room, behind closed doors).
adv
(obsolete) In secret; in secrecy.
adj
Secret, private.
adj
(obsolete) Secret, private, kept hidden.
adv
(slang) In a low-key or surreptitious manner; secretively; on the down-low.
adj
(medicine) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.
adv
(idiomatic) In or into a clandestine or isolated situation or place, especially one in which public communication is curtailed.
adj
secret
adv
(of the giving of information) remaining secret or hidden until it is needed to be known (by a particular party).
n
(dated) Information that is not widely known, despite being freely available.
adj
(obsolete) Concealed; private.
adj
Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate.
n
(obsolete) Secrecy.
n
(obsolete) A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
adj
Obsolete spelling of privy [(now chiefly historical) Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.]
adj
(now rare, archaic) Secret, hidden, concealed.
v
(obsolete) to shut; to seclude
n
(idiomatic) Something very mysterious and hidden.
n
(obsolete) A secret or mystery.
adj
Of mediocre quality or peripheral importance.
n
The habit of keeping secrets.
n
Obsolete spelling of secrecy [Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.]
n
(countable) A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
n
A supposed secret known to everyone.
n
A recipe whose details are held under secrecy.
n
(figuratively, informal) A secret idea or plan; a crucial element of something that makes it unique or functional.
n
(informal) Someone who is being secretive.
adj
In Australian Aboriginal culture, restricted to initiated men, or to women; not public knowledge.
n
the act of hiding something
n
(archaic) Secrecy.
adj
Obsolete spelling of secret [Being or kept hidden.]
n
(idiomatic) A situation where little expertise or experience is required.
adv
(of speech, of a voice, etc) Speaking quietly.
n
Alternative form of state secret [Information which pertains to the affairs of a country and access to which is restricted by the government.]
adj
(obsolete) surreptitious
n
Great secrecy; the state or condition of being supersecret.
adj
Extremely secret or secretive
adj
(figuratively) Pertaining to any especially sensitive closed-room activities.
n
(obsolete, form of tryst) (secret meeting).
adj
(of a secret) not told to anyone.
v
Obsolete spelling of whip [(transitive) To hit with a whip.]

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