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noun

    The habit, practice, or policy of keeping secrets: clandestineness, clandestinity, concealment, covertness, huggermugger, huggermuggery, secrecy, secretness. See show/hide.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: characterized by a lack of openness esp about one's actions or purposes
  Synonym: closeness

Meaning #2: the trait of keeping things secret
  Synonyms: secrecy, silence

 
 
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