disclose
Bring to light
Disclose means to reveal or make known something that was previously hidden, secret, or private.
It often appears in formal or legal contexts where information must be shared: The company is required to disclose its financial records.
Unlike casual synonyms like tell or share, disclose carries a sense of unveiling something consequential—secrets, conflicts of interest, confidential data.
If you disclose information, you're bringing it into the open, often because obligation or circumstance demands it.
Reveal something hidden
- uncoverReveal what's hidden
- divulgeReveal private information
- exposeMake known publicly
- leakEscape through a breach
unmask · bare · lay bare · bring to light · make known · let slip · give away · spill
Concealed information
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- privateRestricted to certain parties
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
privileged · insider · hidden · concealed · suppressed · cover-up · whistleblower · source
Confess or grant entry
- acknowledgeConfirm receipt or truth
- confessAcknowledge wrongdoing openly
- own upAcknowledge one's wrongdoing
- come cleanAdmit the full truth
concede · avow · profess · unburden · reveal · mea culpa · admission · confession
Quality of being accessible
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
- forthrightnessQuality of being direct
- franknessDirect, unguarded honesty
directness · clarity · accountability · sunshine laws · freedom of information · public record · open book · above board
Act of finding something
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- sworn statementLegally binding written testimony
- affidavitSworn written statement
witness · subpoena · court order · mandatory reporting · filing · prospectus · material fact · conflict of interest
unveil
Reveal something hidden
leak · unmask · bare · lay bare · bring to light · make known · let slip · give away · spill · air
secret
Concealed information
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- privateRestricted to certain parties
sensitive · privileged · insider · hidden · concealed · suppressed · cover-up · whistleblower · source · informant
admit
Confess or grant entry
- acknowledgeConfirm receipt or truth
- confessAcknowledge wrongdoing openly
- own upAcknowledge one's wrongdoing
come clean · concede · avow · profess · unburden · reveal · mea culpa · admission · confession · unburdening
openness
Quality of being accessible
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
- forthrightnessQuality of being direct
frankness · directness · clarity · accountability · sunshine laws · freedom of information · public record · open book · above board · plain dealing
discovery
Act of finding something
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- sworn statementLegally binding written testimony
affidavit · witness · subpoena · court order · mandatory reporting · filing · prospectus · material fact · conflict of interest · recusal
- communicationtelephone, conversation, inform, hand signal, messages
- confidingopen up, confess, come clean, heart-to-heart, unbosom
- DIS- wordsdisagree, disallow, disbelieve, disapprove, disarray
- disclosurerevealing, divulge, reveal, uncovering, unveiling
- revealreveal, expose, unmask, unveil, bare
- showingshow, displaying, display, exhibiting, demonstrate
- full disclosureWithholding no information
- non-disclosure agreementContract binding parties to secrecy
- public disclosureRevealing information openly
- financial disclosureRequired reporting of finances
- disclosure formDocument requiring stated information
- disclosure statementFormal revelation of relevant facts
disclosure, disclosed, undisclosed, disclosing, discloses, nondisclosure, disclosable