ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

give a bit of one's mind; tell one plainly, tell once for all; speak volumes.
undeceive † , unbeguile † ; set right, correct, open the eyes of, disabuse, disillusion one
of.
be informed of &c; know &c 490; learn &c 539; get scent of, get wind of, gather
from; awaken to, open one's eyes to; become alive, become awake to; hear, overhear,
understand.
come to one's ears, come to one's knowledge; reach one's ears.
Adj. informed &c v.; communique; reported &c v.; published &c 531.
expressive &c 516; explicit &c (open) 525, (clear) 518; plain spoken &c, (artless)
703.
nuncupative, nuncupatory † ; declaratory, expository; enunciative † ; communicative,
communicatory † .
Adv. from information received.
Phr. a little bird told me; I heard it through the grapevine.
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 † ; 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.
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 † ; freemasonry.
stealth, stealthiness, sneakiness; obreption † ; slyness &c (cunning) 702.
latitancy † , latitation † ; seclusion &c 893; privacy, secrecy, secretness † ; 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; be cloud, be mask; 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