disclosure

English

Etymology

From Latin dis-+clausus, literally away+enclosed.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

disclosure (plural disclosures)

1. The act of revealing something.
   • 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume III, Chapter 13:

     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. (law) A previously hidden fact or series of facts that is made known.

Synonyms

• revelation

Antonyms

• closure

Translations

the act of revealing something

• Bulgarian: разкритие (bg) n (razkritie)
• 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)
• Hungarian: közzététel (hu)
• Maori: tūhuratanga
• Polish: wyjawienie (pl) n, ujawnienie (pl) n

• Portuguese: revelação (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

the making known of facts

• Portuguese: exposição (pt) f

• Romanian: revelație (ro) f, expunere (ro) f

Derived terms

• nondisclosure

Related terms

• disclose