Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of secret
"She finally revealed all her secrets to her best friend after years of keeping them hidden."
In plain English: Secrets are private things that you keep hidden from other people.
"She promised to keep all our secrets safe."
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of secret
"The agent secretly monitors the suspects without anyone knowing his true identity."
In plain English: To keep something secret means to hide information so that no one else knows about it.
"She always kept her secrets to herself."
Derived from Old French secret, which comes from Latin secretum meaning "a hiding place" or "something kept apart." The term originally referred to anything concealed, evolving into its modern sense of private information.