disclosure
English
editEtymology
editFrom disclose by analogy with closure. A purely English formation.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkləʊʒə(ɹ)/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkloʊʒɚ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkləʉ.ʒə(ɹ)/
Noun
editdisclosure (countable and uncountable, plural disclosures)
- 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; […]
- (law) The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.
- get full disclosure
- That which is disclosed; a previously hidden fact or series of facts that is made known.
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editTranslations
editthe act of revealing something
law: the making known of facts
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