celation|sɪˈleɪʃən| Also 6 Sc.-ioune. [f. L. celāre to conceal: see -ation.] Concealment; esp. in Law, concealment of birth or pregnancy. 1567Sc. Acts (1814) 573 (Jam.) In occultatioun and celatioune of the premissis.1881Syd. Soc.Lex., Celation, the concealment of pregnancy or parturition.