disclosure
Etymology

From disclose by analogy with closure.

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /dɪsˈkləʊʒə(ɹ)/
  • (America) IPA: /dɪsˈkloʊʒɚ/
Noun

disclosure

  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. (legal) 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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