1. the act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.
2. confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.
3. A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp.
4. the option to alter computer code, preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.

1. the act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened.

1. the act of obfuscating or obscuring; also, that which obscures; obscurity; confusion.

1. the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered
2. confusion resulting from failure to understand
3. darkening or obscuring the sight of something