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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISCLOSURE, n. Disclozhur.
1. The act of disclosing; an uncovering and opening to view; discovery.
2. The act of revealing; utterance of what was secret; a telling.
3. The act of making known what was concealed.
4. That which is disclosed or made known.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the speech act of making something evident [syn: disclosure, revelation, revealing]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1567 1. the act or an instance of disclosing ; exposure 2. something disclosed ; revelation

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of disclosing; the process of being disclosed. 2 something disclosed; a revelation. Etymology: DISCLOSE + -URE after closure

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Disclosure Dis*clo"sure (?; 135), n. [See Disclose, v. t., and cf. Closure.] 1. The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure. He feels it [his secret] beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure. --D. Webster. 2. That which is disclosed or revealed. Were the disclosures of 1695 forgotten? --Macaulay.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(disclosures) Disclosure is the act of giving people new or secret information. ...insufficient disclosure of negative information about the company. = revelation N-VAR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Revelation, exposure, discovery.

Moby Thesaurus

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