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"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "concealment",
"word": "秘密"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gimil",
"sense": "concealment",
"word": "기밀"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "concealment",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "hemmelighet"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "concealment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sigilo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "concealment",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "secretism"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "concealment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "secretețe"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zasekrečennostʹ",
"sense": "concealment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "засекреченность"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "rahas",
"sense": "concealment",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "रहस्"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "concealment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "secreto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "concealment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sigilo"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "concealment",
"word": "siri"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "dāparikaṁ",
"sense": "concealment",
"word": "దాపరికం"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "concealment",
"word": "gizli tutma"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "concealment",
"word": "sır tutma"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "concealment",
"topics": [
"law"
],
"word": "mahremiyet"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potajnost",
"sense": "habit of keeping secrets",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "потайност"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "habit of keeping secrets",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "secretisme"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "habit of keeping secrets",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "secrétisme"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "habit of keeping secrets",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "secretismo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "habit of keeping secrets",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Geheimniskrämerei"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "habit of keeping secrets",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Geheimnistuerei"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "habit of keeping secrets",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "secretismo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "habit of keeping secrets",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "secretismo"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"secrecy"
],
"word": "secrecy"
}
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