disclosure

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkləʊʒə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkloʊʒɚ/
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Noun

disclosure (countable and uncountable, plural disclosures)

  1. The act of revealing something.
    • 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 13, in Emma: [], volume III, London: [] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC:
      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. (law) The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.
    get full disclosure
  3. That which is disclosed; a previously hidden fact or series of facts that is made known.

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