truth comes out
- revealedMade visible or known
- exposedOut in open
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- secretConcealed information
- unmaskedHad covering removed
discovered · leak · scandal · honest · surface · light · evidence · caught · admit · uncover · whisper · witness · proof · slip · blurt · betrayal · rumor · confrontation
revelation vs. concealment
truth comes outcover-up
Hiding wrongdoing from public
concealment · swept under the rug · hushed up · buried · suppressed
exposure vs. cover-up
truth comes outswept under the rug
hushed up · suppressed · buried · stonewalled · whitewashed