disclosure

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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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.

Synonyms

• revelation

Antonyms

• closure

Derived terms

• full disclosure
• nondisclosure
• self-disclosure

 

Related terms

• disclose

Translations

the act of revealing something

• Bulgarian: разкритие (bg) n (razkritie)
• Dutch: openbaarmaking (nl) f, onthulling (nl) f, bekendmaking (nl) f
• Finnish: paljastaminen (fi), paljastus (fi)
• French: révélation (fr) f, divulgation (fr) f, propagation (fr) f, publication (fr) f
• Georgian: გამჟღავნება (gamžɣavneba), გამოაშკარავება (gamoašḳaraveba), გასაჯაროება (gasaǯaroeba), გამომჟღავნება (gamomžɣavneba)
• German: Offenlegung f, Enthüllung (de) f, Bekanntmachung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀποκάλυψις f (apokálupsis)

• Hungarian: közzététel (hu), nyilvánosságra hozatal, elárulás (hu), felfedés (hu), feltárás (hu), leleplezés (hu)
• Indonesian: pembeberan (id)
• Italian: rivelazione (it) f, divulgazione (it) f
• Maori: tūhuratanga, puakanga
• Norwegian: kunngjøring (no) m or f, kunngjørelse m
• Polish: wyjawienie (pl) n, ujawnienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: revelação (pt) f, divulgação (pt) f
• Romanian: revelație (ro) f, dezvăluire (ro) f, expunere (ro) f
• Russian: раскры́тие (ru) n (raskrýtije), (divulgence) разглаше́ние (ru) n (razglašénije), разоблаче́ние (ru) n (razoblačénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: foillseachadh m
• Serbo-Croatian: otkrovenje (sh) n, razotkrivanje
• Spanish: revelación (es) f, destape (es) m (Mexico)
• Swedish: avslöjande (sv) n

law: the making known of facts

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: openbaarmaking (nl) f, terkennisgeving f, publicatie (nl) f, bekendmaking (nl) f, vrijgave (nl) f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Offenlegung f, Veröffentlichung (de) f, Bekanntgabe (de) f
• Hungarian: közzététel (hu)
• Italian: divulgazione (it) f, esternazione f, diffusione (it) f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: exposição (pt) f
• Romanian: revelație (ro) f, expunere (ro) f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

the facts that are made known

• Hungarian: közzétett/​felfedett/​elárult/​leleplezett adat/​tény/​titok/​dolog/​ügy