revealment

American  

[ri-veel-muhnt] / rɪˈvil mənt /

noun

1. the act of revealing; revelation.

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Etymology

Origin of revealment

First recorded in 1575–85; reveal + -ment

Example Sentences

All down the way the sudden revealment, the flash of familiar eyes, the cry of an old, old name, the remembrances of other times, the crowd multiplying.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

This force is the first revealment of an intelligent, ever active, persistent energy, which pulsates through the universe.

From Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science by Tuttle, Hudson

While I felt convinced there must also be a false fireplace on the first floor, so as to carry out the deception, the dim candle light made no revealment of its position.

From My Lady of Doubt by Kimball, Alonzo

The newspapers charged her disorder to the masks, but as she was from Chicago I suspect that her reason was unsettled by the sudden revealment of a clean city.

From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston

It was nine-tenths inspired by a spirit of teasing gossip-hunger into fuller revealment, but it happened to start a train of serious thought in the hearer.

From A Pagan of the Hills by Buck, Charles Neville

Related Words

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