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Noun secret has 3 senses

secret - something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on); "the combination to the safe was a secret"; "he tried to keep his drinking a secret"
--₁ is a kind of information, info
--₁ has particulars: confidence; open secret; trade secret
secret, arcanum - information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking"
--₂ is a kind of information, info
--₂ has particulars:
esoterica; cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah; password, watchword, word, parole, countersign
mystery, enigma, secret, closed book - something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"
--₃ is a kind of perplexity