disclosing
Bringing to light
Disclosing is revealing or making known something previously hidden or private.
The word often appears in legal and financial contexts: disclosing conflicts of interest, disclosing material information to shareholders.
More casually, disclosing suggests a deliberate act of sharing something personal or sensitive: She hesitated before disclosing her diagnosis.
Making known what's hidden
- divulgingRevealing concealed information
- announcingPublicly stating information
- declaringFormally stating something
- informingConveying facts to another
reporting · publishing · broadcasting · disseminating · conveying · imparting · relaying · sharing
Entry or confession
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
truth · sincerity · guilt · remorse · regret · contrition · repentance · atonement
Escape through a breach
- breachBreaking of agreement
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- informantOne who provides intelligence
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
sensitive · secrets · insider · scandal · unauthorized · hack · vulnerability · espionage
Act of finding something
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- affidavitSworn written statement
- filingStoring documents systematically
subpoena · compliance · mandatory · required · material · fiduciary · securities · prospectus
revealing
Making known what's hidden
- divulgingRevealing concealed information
- announcingPublicly stating information
- declaringFormally stating something
informing · reporting · publishing · broadcasting · disseminating · conveying · imparting · relaying · sharing · telling
admission
Entry or confession
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
revelation · truth · sincerity · guilt · remorse · regret · contrition · repentance · atonement · absolution
leak
Escape through a breach
- breachBreaking of agreement
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- informantOne who provides intelligence
classified · sensitive · secrets · insider · scandal · unauthorized · hack · vulnerability · espionage · coverup
discovery
Act of finding something
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- affidavitSworn written statement
filing · subpoena · compliance · mandatory · required · material · fiduciary · securities · prospectus · disclaimer
- disclosurerevealing, divulge, reveal, uncovering, unveiling
- admitting thingsconfessing, acknowledging, conceding, owning up, revealing
- assertionsassertions, asserting, assert, statements, stating
- communicatingtalking, speaking, telling, sharing, expressing
- announcementsannouncement, declaration, proclamation, pronouncement, statement
- highlightingemphasizing, stressing, underscoring, accenting, accentuating
disclosingconcealing
Keeping something secret
hiding · withholding · suppressing · secreting · obscuring
disclosingdisguising
Concealing by altered appearance
denying · lying · deceiving · falsifying · misrepresenting
close, include, conclusion, disclose, enclosure, inclusion, exclusion, recluse, seclusion