Disclosure

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disclosure \Dis*clo"sure\ (?; 135), n. [See {Disclose}, v. t.,
     and cf. {Closure}.]
     1. The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing
        to light; exposure.
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              He feels it [his secret] beating at his heart,
              rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure. --D.
                                                    Webster.
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     2. That which is disclosed or revealed.
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              Were the disclosures of 1695 forgotten? --Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disclosure
       n : the speech act of making something evident [syn: {revelation},
            {revealing}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  130 Moby Thesaurus words for "disclosure":
     Christophany, Satanophany, admission, affidavit, affirmation,
     allegation, angelophany, announcement, apparition, appearance,
     appearing, arising, assertion, asseveration, attest, attestation,
     avatar, averment, avouchment, avowal, bringing to light,
     casual discovery, catching, chance discovery, characterization,
     coming, coming into being, coming-forth, compurgation, conveyance,
     declaration, denomination, denotation, deposition, designation,
     detection, determination, determining, differentiation, discovery,
     dissemination, distinguishment, embodiment, emergence, epiphany,
     espial, evidence, evincement, excavation, exhumation, exposure,
     expression, find, finding, finding out, fingering, forthcoming,
     giving, hint, identification, impartation, imparting, impartment,
     incarnation, indication, indicativeness, instrument in proof,
     invention, issuance, legal evidence, locating, location,
     lucky strike, manifestation, materialization, materializing,
     meaning, naming, notification, occurrence, opening, picking out,
     pneumatophany, pointing, pointing out, pointing to, presentation,
     profession, proof, publication, realization, recognition,
     rediscovery, revelation, rise, rising, selection, serendipity,
     sharing, show, showing, showing forth, signification,
     specification, spotting, statement, strike, suggestion,
     sworn evidence, sworn statement, sworn testimony, symptomaticness,
     telling, testimonial, testimonium, testimony, theophany, transfer,
     transference, transmission, transmittal, treasure trove,
     trouvaille, trove, uncovering, unearthing, unfolding, unfoldment,
     witness, word