| Subject | English | Russian |
| Makarov. | be relegated to obscurity | уйти в небытие |
| Makarov. | emerge from obscurity | внезапно получить известность |
| Makarov. | emerge from obscurity | стать знаменитым |
| gen. | emerge from obscurity | появиться из безвестности |
| idiom. | enigma wrapped in obscurity | тёмна вода во облацех воздушных (e.g. • the inner mechanism of his mind is an enigma wrapped in obscurity Рина Грант) |
| gen. | fade into obscurity | предаться забвению (Andrey Truhachev) |
| Makarov. | fade into obscurity | исчезать в темноте |
| gen. | fade into obscurity | быть преданным забвению (Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | fade into obscurity | уходить в небытие (Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | fade into obscurity | кануть в вечность (Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | fade into obscurity | уйти в небытие (Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | fade into obscurity | предаваться забвению (Andrey Truhachev) |
| idiom. | fall into obscurity | свернуть деятельность (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | fall into obscurity | кануть в неизвестность (A Black woman invented the home security system, then fell into obscurity  washingtonpost.com aldrignedigen) |
| gen. | from obscurity | из ниоткуда (bookworm) |
| Makarov. | he lived in obscurity | он жил в неизвестности |
| Makarov. | he married this poor, young obscurity | он женился на это бедной молодой незнакомке |
| gen. | he married this poor, young obscurity | он женился на этой бедной, никому не известной молодой особе |
| gen. | his first book lifted him from obscurity | его первая книга принесла ему известность |
| gen. | in the obscurity of the thick bushes | в тени густого кустарника |
| gen. | lapse into obscurity | быть преданным забвению |
| idiom. | linger in relative obscurity | предаваться часами забвению (This has given a big boost to apps that used to linger in relative obscurity, like Google's video chatting application, Duo, and Houseparty, which allows groups of friends to join a single video chat and play games together. nytimes.com ArthurMorgan) |
| Gruzovik | live in obscurity | жить в безвестности |
| gen. | live in obscurity | жить в неизвестности |
| patents. | obscurities in the statement of facts of the decision | неясности в описательной части решения |
| meteorol. | obscurity distance | видимость огня |
| tech. | obscurity power | маскирующая способность |
| tech. | obscurity weight | маскирующий вес |
| tech. | optical obscurity | оптическое затемнение |
| gen. | raise the village from obscurity | принести этой деревне известность (сла́ву) |
| gen. | raise the village from obscurity | сделать эту деревню знаменитой |
| Makarov. | rescue from obscurity | вернуть из небытия |
| Makarov. | rise from obscurity | стать знаменитым |
| Makarov. | rise from obscurity | внезапно получить известность |
| el. | security through obscurity | "скрытность благодаря неизвестности" (о принципе создания криптостойких шифров) |
| inet. | security through obscurity | безопасность через неясность (But this is akin to the old approach to cybersecurity, of "security through obscurity." A.Rezvov) |
| gen. | security through obscurity | не знаемый-не угрожаемый (In security engineering, security through obscurity (or security by obscurity) is the reliance on the secrecy of the design or implementation as the main method of providing security for a system or component of a system. A system or component relying on obscurity may have theoretical or actual security vulnerabilities, but its owners or designers believe that if the flaws are not known, that will be sufficient to prevent a successful attack. Security experts have rejected this view as far back as 1851, and advise that obscurity should never be the only security mechanism. WK Alexander Demidov) |
| gen. | security through obscurity | неведение значит ненападение (Or "security by obscurity". A term applied by hackers to most operating system vendors' favourite way of coping with security holes – namely, ignoring them, documenting neither any known holes nor the underlying security algorithms, trusting that nobody will find out about them and that people who do find out about them won't exploit them. This never works for long and occasionally sets the world up for debacles like the RTM worm of 1988 (see Great Worm), but once the brief moments of panic created by such events subside most vendors are all too willing to turn over and go back to sleep. After all, actually fixing the bugs would siphon off the resources needed to implement the next user-interface frill on marketing's wish list – and besides, if they started fixing security bugs customers might begin to *expect* it and imagine that their warranties of merchantability gave them some sort of rights. thefreedictionary.com Alexander Demidov) |
| data.prot. | security through obscurity | безопасность через неясность (franoleg) |
| data.prot. | security through obscurity | безопасность через безвестность (franoleg) |
| gen. | security through obscurity | в безымянности-в безопасности (security, computing) Relying on a potential attacker's lack of knowledge as a means of security. 1990, W Cattey, The Evolution of turnin A Classroom Oriented File Exchange Service, USENIX Summer Conference: This security through obscurity proved adequate for our prototype, but it was unacceptable for a turnin service in wide use. 2006, Harold F. Tipton, Micki Krause, Information Security Management Handbook: According to security-through-obscurity advocates, if we carefully hide our gaping vulnerabilities from our enemies, the bad guys will give up in frustration when they cannot easily find holes. 2008, Shon Harris, CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide: Things such as security through obscurity become common practices that usually have damaging results. WT Alexander Demidov) |
| gen. | sink into obscurity | предаваться забвению (Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | sink into obscurity | предаться забвению (Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | sink into obscurity | уйти в небытие (Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | sink into obscurity | кануть в вечность (Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | sink into obscurity | затеряться |
| gen. | sink into obscurity | быть забытым |
| gen. | sink into obscurity | уходить в небытие (Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | sink into obscurity | быть преданным забвению |
| gen. | sink into obscurity | забыться |
| gen. | slip into obscurity | кануть в безвестность (ANG) |
| Makarov. | spring from obscurity | стать знаменитым |
| gen. | spring from obscurity | внезапно получить известность |
| Makarov. | the course teaches students to avoid ambiguity and obscurity of expression | в рамках этого курса студенты учатся тому, как избежать двусмысленности и неясности в речи |
| Makarov. | the family which in two generations has risen from obscurity to the highest pitch of greatness | семья, которая за два поколения из полной безвестности поднялась до высших ступеней власти (E. A. Freeman) |
| Makarov. | the obscurities of early Greek poets | тёмные места в произведениях ранних греческих поэтов |
| gen. | the obscurity of the paragraph makes several interpretations possible | неясность этого абзаца позволяет толковать его по-разному |
| tech. | total obscurity power | полная маскирующая способность |
| fig. | vegetate in obscurity | прозябнуть в неизвестности |
| Makarov. | vegetate in obscurity | прозябать в неизвестности |
| idiom. | something that is wrapped in obscurity | тёмна вода во облацех воздушных (Супру) |
| gen. | something that is wrapped in obscurity | тайна, покрытая мраком (The actual source of the Egyptian language is wrapped in obscurity. hizman) |