Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

     #527a.  Correction. [Correct an error of information; distinguish from
correcting a flaw or misbehavior] —­ N. correction.
     disillusionment &c. 616. 
     V. correct, set right, set straight, put straight; undeceive[obs3];
enlighten.
     show one one’s error; point out an error, point out a fallacy; pick
out an error, pick out the fallacy; open one’s eyes.
     pick apart an argument, confutation &c. 479; reasoning &c. 476. 
     Adj. corrective. 
     Phr.  I stand corrected.
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     #528.  Concealment.—­ N. concealment; hiding &c. v.; occultation,
mystification.
     seal of secrecy; screen &c. 530; disguise &c. 530; masquerade; masked
battery; hiding place &c. 530; cryptography, steganography[obs3]; freemasonry.
     stealth, stealthiness, sneakiness; obreption|; slyness &c. (cunning)
702.
     latitancy[obs3], latitation[obs3]; seclusion &c. 893; privacy,
secrecy, secretness[obs3]; incognita.
     reticence; reserve; mental reserve, reservation; arriere pensee[Fr],
suppression, evasion, white lie, misprision; silence &c. (taciturnity) 585; suppression of truth &c. 544; underhand dealing; closeness, secretiveness &c. adj.; mystery.
     latency &c. 526; snake in the grass; secret &c. 533; stowaway. 
     V. conceal, hide, secrete, put out of sight; lock up, seal up, bottle
up.
     encrypt, encode, cipher.
     cover, screen, cloak, veil, shroud; cover up one’s tracks; screen from
sight, screen from observation; drawing the veil; draw the curtain, close the curtain; curtain, shade, eclipse, throw a view over; becloud, bemask; mask, disguise; ensconce, muffle, smother; befog; whisper.
     keep from; keep back, keep to oneself; keep snug, keep close, keep
secret, keep dark; bury; sink, suppress; keep from, keep from out of view, keep from out of sight; keep in the shade, throw into the shade, throw into background; stifle, hush up, smother, withhold, reserve; fence with a question; ignore &c. 460.
     keep a secret, keep one’s own counsel; hold one’s tongue &c. (silence)
585; make no sign, not let it go further; not breathe a word, not breathe a syllable about; not let the right hand know what the left is doing; hide one’s light under a bushel, bury one’s talent in a napkin.
     keep in the dark, leave in the dark, keep in the ignorance; blind,
blind the eyes; blindfold, hoodwink, mystify; puzzle &c. (render uncertain) 475; bamboozle &c. (deceive) 545.
     be concealed &c. v.; suffer an eclipse; retire from sight, couch; hide
oneself; lie hid, lie in perdu[Fr], lie in close; lie in ambush (ambush) 530; seclude oneself &c. 893; lurk, sneak, skulk, slink, prowl; steal into, steal out of, steal by, steal along; play at bopeep[obs3], play at hide and seek; hide in holes and corners; still hunt. 
     Adj. concealed &c. v.; hidden; secret, recondite, mystic, cabalistic,

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