Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (II) Communication of Ideas
Section II. Modes of Communication

529. Disclosure.

   NOUN:DISCLOSURE; retection [obs.]; unveiling &c. v.; deterration [obs.], revealment, revelation; divulgement, divulgation [rare], divulgence, exposition, exposure, publication, exposé [F.], whole truth; telltale (news) [See News].
  bursting of a bubble; dénouement [F.].
  ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, avowance, avowal; confession, confessional; shrift.
  NARRATOR [See Description]; talebearer [See News].
   VERB:DISCLOSE, discover, dismask [obs.]; draw -, draw aside -, lift -, raise -, lift up -, remove -, tear- the -veil, – curtain; unmask, unveil, unfold, uncover, unseal, unkennel; take off -, break- the seal; lay open, lay bare; expose; open, – up; bare, bring to light; evidence; make -clear, – evident, – manifest; evince.
  raise -, drop -, lift -, remove -, throw off- the mask; expose; lay open; undeceive, unbeguile; disabuse, set right, correct, open the eyes of; désillusionner [F.].
  DIVULGE, reveal, break [obs.]; let into the secret; reveal the secrets of the prison house; tell (inform) [See Information]; squeal [slang]; breathe, utter, blab, peach [slang]; let -out, – fall, – drop, – slip, – the cat out of the bag [colloq.], come out with it [colloq.], come it [slang], betray; tell tales, – out of school; come out with; give vent to, give utterance to; open the lips, blurt out, vent, whisper about; speak out (make manifest) [See Manifestation]; break the news; make public [See Publication]; unriddle (find out) [See Judgment]a; split.
  ACKNOWLEDGE, allow, concede, grant, admit, own, confess, avow, throw off all disguise, turn inside out, make a clean breast; show one’s -hand, – cards; unburden -, disburden- one’s mind, – conscience, – heart; open -, lay bare -, give one a piece of [colloq.]- one’s mind; unbosom oneself, “own the soft impeachment” [Sheridan]; say -, speak- the truth; turn informer; turn -King’s, – Queen’s, – State’s- evidence; acknowledge the corn [slang, U. S.].
  BE DISCLOSED &c.; transpire, come to light; come in sight (be visible) [See Visibility]; become known, escape the lips; come out, ooze out, creep out, leak out, peep out, crop out, crop forth, crop up; show its -face, – colors; discover &c. itself; break through the clouds, flash on the mind; come to one’s ears [See Information].
   ADJECTIVE:DISCLOSED &c. v.; revelative, revelatory, revelational, expository, confessional, confessionary, confessory.
   INTERJECTION:out with it! ’fess up! [slang]; open up! [colloq].    QUOTATIONS:

1. The murder is out.
2. A light breaks in upon one.
3. The scales fall from one’s eyes.
4. The eyes are opened.
5. Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.—Pope