divulged

Let the secret out

Divulged is the past tense of divulge, meaning to reveal or make known something previously secret or private.

The word often implies disclosure that shouldn't have happened: She divulged confidential information to the press.

Someone divulges secrets, plans, or details—information with some weight to it, not casual facts.

disclosure

revealed

Made visible or known

uncovered · confessed · admitted · leaked · betrayed · spilled · imparted · confided · told · shared

secrecy

secret

Concealed information

sensitive · privileged · restricted · hidden · concealed · suppressed · guarded · protected · whispered · hushed

information

details

Specific pieces of information

data · intelligence · findings · particulars · specifics · contents · source · documents · records · names

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disclosure status

divulgedconcealed

Made invisible deliberately

hidden · withheld · secret · undisclosed · suppressed

communicative action

divulgedwithheld

Kept from giving

held back · suppressed · concealed · guarded · protected

Family

divulge, divulgence, divulging, divulges, undivulged

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G