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   Rev·e·la·tion

   /ˌrevəˈlāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. a surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way: "revelations about his personal life" Similar disclosuresurprising factdivulgencedeclarationutteranceannouncementreportnewsleakavowalacknowledgmentadmissionconfession
   • ▪ the making known of something that was previously secret or unknown: "the revelation of an alleged plot to assassinate the king" Similar divulgingdivulgencetellingdisclosuredisclosingletting slipletting outletting dropgiving awaygiving outleakingleakbetrayalunveilingmaking knownmaking publicbringing to public notice/attentionbroadcastingairingpublicizingpublicationpublishingcirculationdisseminationpassing onproclamationannouncingannouncementreportingreportdeclaringdeclarationpostingcommunicationimpartingunfoldingvouchsafingadmissionconfessionrare:divulgationuncoveringturning upexposureexposingbringing to lightunearthingdigging upunveilingunmaskingsmoking outdetectingdetectionOpposite keepingcovering up
   • ▪ used to emphasize the surprising or remarkable quality of someone or something: "seeing them play at international level was a revelation"
   • 2. the divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relating to human existence or the world: "an attempt to reconcile Darwinian theories with biblical revelation"
   • ▪ the last book of the New Testament, recounting a divine revelation of the future to St. John.

   Word Origin Middle English (in the theological sense): from Old French, or from late Latin revelatio(n-), from revelare ‘lay bare’ (see reveal1). Sense 1 dates from the mid 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. revelational adjective

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