Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of revealing or uncovering.
- noun Something uncovered; a revelation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The hatching of the young from the egg, as in birds and reptiles, or the escape of insects from the pupa-case.
- noun The act of disclosing; a making known or revealing; discovery; exposure; exhibition.
- noun That which is disclosed or made known: as, his disclosures were reduced to writing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure.
- noun That which is disclosed or revealed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
revealing something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the speech act of making something evident
Etymologies
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Examples
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• George Osborne moving away from pay disclosure• Vince Cable backs disclosure, saying 'transparency is key'• Sir David Walker says government should not adopt his reforms
Bankers' pay: coalition split over reform Jill Treanor 2010
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In my view, his disclosure is a valuable educational service to the coin collecting community.
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"This disclosure is about the truth," he said at a news conference.
Maliki says foes will use U.S. leaks against him Ernesto Londoño 2010
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Things like that are part of what they call disclosure.
Willow V.C. Andrews 2002
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Things like that are part of what they call disclosure.
Willow V.C. Andrews 2002
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Things like that are part of what they call disclosure.
Willow V.C. Andrews 2002
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U.S. Bankruptcy Court Monday urging the judge in the case to keep Picard's lawsuit under seal, at least while settlement talks are ongoing, despite what they called the disclosure of confidential information from the lawsuit to the media.
NY Daily News 2011
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That disclosure comes from a recent survey by Retrevo, a web site that amalgamates consumer electronics product reviews.
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In other forms of insurance, disclosure is required for pricing and pooling, etc., but does health insurance?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Health insurance mandate as a privacy right violation 2010
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“In other forms of insurance, disclosure is required for pricing and pooling, etc., but does health insurance”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Health insurance mandate as a privacy right violation 2010
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