noun

• (uncountable) 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.
• (computing, uncountable) The alteration of computer code to preserve its behavior while concealing its structure and intent.
• (uncountable) Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.
• (countable) A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp.