closet: meaning and definitions

A cabinet or enclosed recess for linens, household supplies, or clothing.

A small private chamber, as for study or prayer.

A water closet; a toilet.

A state of secrecy or cautious privacy: Two days before the election, the candidate suddenly came out of the closet and denounced the proposed law.

To enclose or shut up in a private room, as for discussion: closeted themselves with their attorneys.

Private; confidential: closet information.

Being so or engaging only in private; secret: a closet proponent of a tax increase; a closet alcoholic.

Based on theory and speculation rather than practice.