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      secret
      noun
      (countable) A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
      Something not understood or known.
      The key or principle by which something is made clear; the knack.
      (uncountable) Private seclusion.
      (Christianity, often in the plural) Any prayer spoken inaudibly and not aloud; especially, one of the prayers in the Tridentine Mass, immediately following the "orate, fratres", said inaudibly by the celebrant.
      (archaic, in the plural) The genital organs.
      (historical) A form of steel skullcap.
      verb
      (transitive, rare) To make or keep secret.
      (transitive, rare) To hide secretly.
      adjective
      Being or kept hidden.
      (obsolete) Withdrawn from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.
      (obsolete) Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive, separate, apart.
      (obsolete) Separate; distinct.
      Roots
      cerno-cret · Latin · separate, sift, discern
      Synonyms for secret
      clandestineadjhiddenadjconfidentialadjarcanumnundercoveradjsurreptitiousadjmysterynsecretiveadjprivyadjmysteriousadjunrevealedadjcovertadjundisclosedadjsecludedadjprivateadjoccultnenigmanconcealedadjsecretlyadvundergroundadjclassifiednprivityn
      Words related to secret
      unavowedadjsupersecretsecrecynbackstairadjpenetraliacovertnessnsecretivenessncrambocryptonymcryptonymousadjnonconfidentialclandestinelyadvbewrayingvconfidentialityndivulgedvdivulgesvcovertlyadvsecretivelyadv

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