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secret

adjective
  1. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
    hugger-mugger
  2. indulging only covertly
    “a secret alcoholic”
  3. communicated covertly
    “their secret signal was a wink”
  4. (of information) given in confidence or in secret
    confidential
  5. hidden from general view or use
    privysecluded
  6. designed to elude detection
    hidden
  7. not open or public
  8. not openly made known
    “a secret marriage”
    unavowed
  9. the next to highest level of official classification for documents
  10. having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence
    orphicmysteriousmysticmysticaloccult
  11. not expressed
    “secret (or private) thoughts”
    private
noun
  1. something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
    mysteryenigmaclosed book
  2. information known only to a special group
    “the secret of Cajun cooking”
    arcanum
  3. something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
    “the combination to the safe was a secret”