| disclosure | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. disclosure, revealing, revelation | the speech act of making something evident. |
| ~ tattle, singing, telling | disclosing information or giving evidence about another. |
| ~ speech act | the use of language to perform some act. |
| ~ display | behavior that makes your feelings public.; "a display of emotion" |
| ~ divulgement, divulgence | the act of disclosing something that was secret or private. |
| ~ discovery | something that is discovered. |
| ~ discovery | (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case. |
| ~ giveaway | an unintentional disclosure. |
| ~ informing, ratting | to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors). |
| ~ news leak, leak | unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information. |
| ~ exposure | the disclosure of something secret.; "they feared exposure of their campaign plans" |
| reveal | | |
| v. (perception) | 1. bring out, reveal, uncover, unveil | make visible.; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her" |
| ~ show | make visible or noticeable.; "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please" |
| ~ disclose, expose | disclose to view as by removing a cover.; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set" |
| ~ excavate, unearth | recover through digging.; "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold" |
| ~ trot out | bring out and show for inspection and admiration.; "His novel trots out a rich heiress"; "always able to trot out some new excuse" |
| ~ unfold | open to the view.; "A walk through town will unfold many interesting buildings" |
| v. (communication) | 2. break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" |
| ~ blackwash | bring (information) out of concealment. |
| ~ muckrake | explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures.; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking" |
| ~ blow | cause to be revealed and jeopardized.; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side" |
| ~ out | reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle.; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent" |
| ~ come out of the closet, out, come out | to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality.; "This actor outed last year" |
| ~ spring | produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving" |
| ~ get around, get out, break | be released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning" |
| ~ get around, get out, break | be released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning" |
| ~ betray, bewray | reveal unintentionally.; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings" |
| ~ confide | reveal in private; tell confidentially. |
| ~ leak | tell anonymously.; "The news were leaked to the paper" |
| ~ babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, tattle, babble, sing, talk | divulge confidential information or secrets.; "Be careful--his secretary talks" |
| ~ tell | let something be known.; "Tell them that you will be late" |
| ~ reveal | disclose directly or through prophets.; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind" |
| v. (perception) | 3. reveal | disclose directly or through prophets.; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind" |
| ~ theological system, theology | a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings.; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology" |
| ~ disclose, divulge, let on, expose, give away, let out, reveal, unwrap, discover, bring out, break | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" |
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