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Secrets and secretiveness

secret

noun

a piece of information that is known by only a small number of people, and is deliberately not told to other people

confidentiality

noun

a situation in which important information must be kept secret

stealth

noun

a quiet and secret way of behaving so that no one sees or hears you

conspiracy of silence

noun

an agreement between people to keep secret facts that should be publicly known

secrecy

noun

a situation in which you keep something secret, or the process of keeping something secret

confidence

noun

a secret that you tell someone

hidden agenda

noun

a secret reason for doing something, because you will get an advantage from it

a well-kept secret

something that some people know about but do not share with everyone

past

noun

an earlier part of someone’s life that they keep secret because other people would not approve of it

agenda

noun

a plan or aim that is kept secret

charticle

a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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