disclosure
[dih-skloh-zher]
- the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- that which is disclosed; a revelation.
- Patent Law. (in a patent application) the descriptive information imparted by the specification claims, drawings, and models submitted.
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Origin of disclosure
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Contemporary Examples of self-disclosure
It also found that as age increases, self-disclosure on social networking sites decreases.
Welcome to Generation Overshare: Lena Dunham, Taylor Swift, and the Politics of Self-DisclosureMarlow Stern
November 6, 2014
Historical Examples of self-disclosure
In reality both his teaching and his cures were only means of self-disclosure.
The Life of Jesus of NazarethRush Rhees
But the self-disclosure of Major Milroy's domestic position had not reached its end yet.
ArmadaleWilkie Collins
Kitty, after a first movement of self-disclosure, caught her own name and stood motionless.
The Marriage of William AsheMrs. Humphry Ward
disclosure
- something that is disclosed
- the act of disclosing; revelation
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Word Origin and History for self-disclosure
disclosure
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