disclosure
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the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
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that which is disclosed; a revelation.
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Patent Law. (in a patent application) the descriptive information imparted by the specification claims, drawings, and models submitted.
noun
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something that is disclosed
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the act of disclosing; revelation
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Explanation
If you make a disclosure, you reveal information not previously known — either because it's new information or because it's been kept secret. Disclosure of new evidence at a trial could reveal that the accused is innocent of the crime. The noun disclosure derives from the Old French word desclos, meaning "open, exposed, plain, explicit." If you make a disclosure, you put something out in the open, usually information that was formally secret. After the disclosure of your huge credit card debt, your parents might make you get a job. The disclosure that nicotine is really addictive has motivated many people to quit smoking. The disclosure of one coworker's salary to another could lead to bitter jealousy.
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Others have questioned how common such under-the-table payments might be, since there are no disclosure requirements for paid content at the federal level and few jurisdictions have any rules mandating it.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
Many states have mandated disclosure laws, requiring a clear label on any ad created with AI.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
They say disclosure has similarly improved, noting that managers were “willing to address granular questions on the site visit that we attended to Wodgina.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Charles Littlejohn pleaded guilty in 2023 to unauthorized disclosure of tax returns and return information.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Yet even if Elizebeth shied away from disclosure, she refused to become isolated.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
