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.