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secret adj 1 kept hidden or away from the knowledge of others. 2 unknown or unobserved by others • a secret army. 3 tending to conceal things from others; private or secretive. 4 guarded against discovery or observation • a secret location. noun 1 something not disclosed, or not to be disclosed, to others. 2 an unknown or unrevealed method of achievement • the secret of eternal youth. 3 a central but sometimes elusive principle, explanation, etc • the secret of a good marriage. 4 a fact or purpose that remains unexplained or unidentified; a mystery. 5 relig a quietly spoken or silent prayer by the celebrant after the offertory and immediately before the preface. secretly adverb. in secret secretly; unknown to others. in on or in the secret having knowledge of or participating in it. keep a secret not to disclose or reveal it.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin secretus set apart, from se apart + cernere to separate.