come clean vs secret

come clean

• 1921, B. M. Bower, chapter 6, in Sawtooth Ranch 

• To confess; admit the truth. 

• 1977 Oct. 23, John Gardner, "The World Of Tolkien," New York Times (retrieved 12 Sept 2013) 

• 2005 August 8, "Quotes of the Day," Time (retrieved 12 Sept 2013) 

secret

• Being or kept hidden. 

• Private seclusion. 

• A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden. 

• The key or principle by which something is made clear; the knack. 

• A form of steel skullcap. 

• Something not understood or known. 

• Any prayer spoken inaudibly and not aloud; especially, one of the prayers in the Tridentine Mass, immediately following the "orate, fratres", said inaudibly by the celebrant. 

• To make or keep secret. 

• To hide secretly.