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dis·clo·sure

(dĭ-sklō′zhər)

1. The act or process of revealing or uncovering.

2. Something uncovered; a revelation.

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disclosure

(dɪsˈkləʊʒə)

1. something that is disclosed

2. the act of disclosing; revelation

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dis•clo•sure

(dɪˈskloʊ ʒər)

n.

1. the act or fact of disclosing something.

2. something disclosed; a revelation.

[1590–1600]

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Noun

disclosure - the speech act of making something evident

revealing, revelation

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"

disclosure

noun

1. revelation, exposé, announcement, publication, leak, admission, declaration, confession, acknowledgment, surprise fact unauthorised newspaper disclosures

2. uncovering, publishing, broadcasting, publication, exposure, revelation, unveiling, divulgence The disclosure of his marriage proposal was badly-timed.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

disclosure

noun

Something disclosed, especially something not previously known or realized:

apocalypse, exposé, exposure, revelation.

Informal: eye opener.

Translations

إِفْشاء، فَضْح، كَشْف

odhaleníprozrazení

afsløring

Enthüllung

revelación

révélation

afhjúpun, uppljóstrun

rivelazione notifica

avsløring

açığa çıkmaaçıklama

揭露

disclosure

[dɪsˈkləʊʒəʳ] N → revelación f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

disclosure

[dɪsˈkləʊʒə^r] n (= revelation) → révélation f, divulgation f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

disclosure

(of secret) → Enthüllung f; (of intentions, news, details, identity) → Bekanntgabe f

(= fact etc revealed) → Mitteilung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

disclosure

[dɪsˈkləʊʒəʳ] n → rivelazione f

disclose

(disˈkləuz) verb

to uncover, reveal or make known. He refused to disclose his identity.

disˈclosure (-ʒə) noun

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No circumstance of importance, from the beginning to the end of the disclosure, shall be related on hearsay evidence.

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He preferred waiting for the incidental disclosure which events must soon bring about.

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Miss Natalie Graybrooke." She paused there--at the outset of the disclosure. A sudden change of expression passed over Turlington's face, which daunted her for the moment.

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My state of mind regarding the pilfering from which I had been so unexpectedly exonerated, did not impel me to frank disclosure; but I hope it had some dregs of good at the bottom of it.

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After stirring the embers he rose to his feet; all the force of her disclosure had imparted itself now.

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If I saw nothing--and I never did see anything--there was no feeling of disappointment, for I knew the disclosure was merely withheld temporarily for some good reason which I had no right to question.

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I gave them somewhat awkwardly, I believe; for, in fact, the sudden disclosure of so important a matter took from me the power of speaking with any clearness, She thanked me, however, most affectionately, for my kind concern in the welfare of herself and daughter; and then said: "I am not apt to deal in professions, my dear Mrs.

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From his death followed the second bereavement which had made the house desolate; the helpless position of the daughters whose prosperous future had been his dearest care; the revelation of the secret which had overwhelmed her that morning; the disclosure, more terrible still, which she now stood committed to make to the orphan sisters.

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For a moment Thurid ceased speaking, to enhance, I suspect, the dramatic effect of his disclosure. Then he resumed.

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Stryver, preparing him with ostentatious friendliness for the disclosure he was about to make, "because I know you don't mean half you say; and if you meant it all, it would be of no importance.

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The servant, enlightened by his disclosure, and afraid of being himself implicated in the crime, would doubtless become an ally of the detective.

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But there was still something lurking behind, of which prudence forbade the disclosure. She dared not relate the other half of Mr.