disclosure

[dih-skloh-zher]

noun

1. the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.

2. that which is disclosed; a revelation.

3. Patent Law.,  (in a patent application) the descriptive information imparted by the specification claims, drawings, and models submitted.

disclosure

/ dɪsˈkləʊʒə /

noun

1. something that is disclosed

2. the act of disclosing; revelation

Other Word Forms

• nondisclosure noun
• predisclosure noun
• self-disclosure noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disclosure¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; disclose + -ure

Example Sentences

After Sinclair’s disclosure, Scripps said its board would “take all steps appropriate to protect the company and the company’s shareholders from the opportunistic actions of Sinclair or anyone else.”

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Meta in its disclosures said “we do not direct the activities that most significantly impact the venture’s economic performance.”

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The disclosure of another transaction won’t signal anything out of the ordinary—Strategy has been continually supportive of Bitcoin.

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But the disclosure underscores a larger problem: Current safeguards aren’t designed for adversarial actors that move at machine speed.

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That chain of events led to the latest disclosures.

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Related Words

• acknowledgment 
• admission 
• confession 
• discovery 
• exposure 
• leak 
• publication