# disclosure

Pronunciation: US say "dis-KLOH-zhur" /dɪsˈkloʊʒɚ/; say "dis-KLOH-zhuh" UK /dɪsˈkləʊʒə(ɹ)/, AUS /dɪsˈkləʉ.ʒə(ɹ)/

## Noun

1. The act of revealing something that was previously secret or unknown.
   - Simple: The act of making something known that was hidden or secret before.
   - _The sudden disclosure of the merger plans sent the company's stock soaring._
   - _Public disclosure of the test results prompted an immediate investigation._
2. A previously hidden fact, or set of facts, that has been made known.
   - Simple: A hidden fact that someone has finally made known.
   - _The disclosure that the company had hidden losses triggered an immediate sell-off._
   - _Investigators pieced together the full picture from a single damning disclosure._
3. The act of making a previously hidden fact known to another party.
   - Simple: Telling another person or group a fact that was kept hidden.
   - _The judge ordered full disclosure of all relevant documents before the hearing._
   - _Financial regulations demand the timely disclosure of any conflict of interest._

## Origin

A purely English formation, built from "disclose" by analogy with "closure."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/disclosure (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).