disclosure

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkləʉ.ʒə(ɹ)/

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
• overdisclosure
• predisclosure
• redisclosure
• self-disclosure
• serodisclosure

Related terms

• disclose

Translations

the act of revealing something

Bulgarian: разкритие (bg) n (razkritie) Chinese: Mandarin: 披露 (zh) (pīlù), 揭露 (zh) (jiēlù) Danish: afsløring c 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 Ottoman Turkish: افشا (ifşâ), كشف (keşf, keşif) 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 Sicilian: rivilazziuni (scn) f, divurgazziuni (scn) f, sbilata (scn) f Spanish: revelación (es) f, destape (es) m (Mexico), divulgación (es) f, descerramiento m Swedish: avslöjande (sv) n

law: the making known of facts

Chinese: Mandarin: 披露 (zh) (pīlù) Dutch: openbaarmaking (nl) f, terkennisgeving f, publicatie (nl) f, bekendmaking (nl) f, vrijgave (nl) f Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: ilmoittaminen (fi), julkistaminen (fi), (tietojen) antaminen French: please add this translation if you can German: Offenlegung f, Veröffentlichung (de) f, Bekanntgabe (de) f Hungarian: közzététel (hu) Italian: dichiarazione (it) f, statuizione f, affermazione (it) fasserzione (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 Sicilian: dichiarazziuni (scn) f, statuizziuni f, affirmazziuni (scn) fassirziuni (scn) f Spanish: please add this translation if you can Thai: please add this translation if you can

the facts that are made known

Chinese: Mandarin: 披露物, 揭露內容 / 揭露内容 (jiēlù nèiróng) Finnish: paljastus (fi) Hungarian: közzétett/​felfedett/​elárult/​leleplezett adat/​tény/​titok/​dolog/​ügy