adumbration
[noun]
Synonyms: shade, penumbra, shadow, umbra, umbrage

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Antonyms: revelation
Contrasted words: disclosure, discovery, divulgence
Related Words: hint, intimation, suggestion, sign, symptom, token, emblem, symbol, type

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

adumbration noun. [adʌm'breɪʃ(ǝ)n] M16.
[Latin adumbratio(n-), formed as ADUMBRATE: see -ATION.]
1. Shading in painting. rare. Only in M16.

2. Representation in outline; an outline, a slight sketch or description. M16.

3. Symbolic representation typifying or prefiguring the reality. E17.

4. Overshadowing; obscuration. M17.

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