the act of guarding, protecting, preserving, keeping, etc.; preservation; protection.

a pretending to be what one is not or to feel what one does not feel; hypocrisy; an act of cheating.

an amount (in cash) given or lent for contingent expenses in an organisation or office; imprest.

(fig.) an obvious defect, shortcoming or blemish.

ಕೈಹುಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡಿ ಬೇಕೆ? kai huṇṇige kannaḍi bēke? (prov.) an obvious defect does not require special effort to be noticed; one need not look into your mouth to see how old you are.

that is hard to be understood; not easily comprehensible.

difficult to approach, reach.

dense; thick; difficult to penetrate or get through.

fraudulent - a) characterised or achieved by fraud; hypocritical; b) guilty of fraud; intending to deceive.

feeling or showing envy; envious.

an incomprehensible subject, matter, secret, etc.; a mysterious thing.

a deep ditch.

a dense, impenetrable forest.

the act of breaking a law; sin or crime; transgression; an offence; a misdeed.

the act of hiding, concealing something.

the wife of a householder; the mistress of a house.