disclosure

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US /dɪsˈkloʊʒɚ/ UK /dɪsˈkləʊʒə(ɹ)/
noun Freq #16549

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The act of revealing something.

    Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken; […]

  2. 2
    noun

    The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.

    get full disclosure

  3. 3
    noun

    the speech act of making something evident

  4. 4
    noun

    That which is disclosed; a previously hidden fact or series of facts that is made known.

Etymology

From disclose by analogy with closure. A purely English formation.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 noun · the speech act of making... revealing
More revelation
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms nondisclosureoverdisclosurepredisclosureredisclosureself-disclosureserodisclosure
Related forms disclose

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