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DISCLOSURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The speech act of making something evident
Synonyms:
disclosure; revealing; revelation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("disclosure" is a kind of...):
speech act (the use of language to perform some act)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disclosure"):
singing; tattle; telling (disclosing information or giving evidence about another)
display (behavior that makes your feelings public)
divulgement; divulgence (the act of disclosing something that was secret or private)
discovery (something that is discovered)
discovery ((law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case)
giveaway (an unintentional disclosure)
informing; ratting (to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors))
leak; news leak (unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information)
exposure (the disclosure of something secret)
Derivation:
disclose (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret)
Context examples:
What other reason for the disclosure of the affair could there be, but that Elinor might be informed by it of Lucy's superior claims on Edward, and be taught to avoid him in future?
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
An authorization must include following mandatory elements: a description of the information that will be released and for what purposes; a description of any information that will not be disclosed, if applicable; a list of who will disclose the information and to whom; an expiration date for the disclosure; a statement that the authorization can be revoked; a statement that disclosed information may be re-disclosed and no longer protected; a statement that if the individual does not provide an authorization, he may not be able to receive the intended intervention; the date and subject's signature.
(Authorization for Release of Confidential Health Information, NCI Thesaurus)
I confess that I was filled with curiosity, but I was aware that Holmes liked to make his disclosures at his own time and in his own way, so I waited until it should suit him to take me into his confidence.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He saw no beauty in the sunshine sifting down through the green leaves, nor did the azure vault of the sky whisper as of old and hint of cosmic vastness and secrets trembling to disclosure.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It seemed I could hear all that was to come—whatever the disclosures might be—with comparative tranquillity.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
In the state of trouble into which his disclosure by my fire had thrown me, I had thought very much of the words Agnes had used in reference to the partnership.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Treatment of information so that it is not divulged in ways that are inconsistent with the understanding of the original disclosure.
(Confidentiality, NCI Thesaurus)
She had resolved to defer the disclosure till Mrs. Weston were safe and well.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
A required by the HIPAA Privacy Rule signed authorization from a patient, or his legal representative, or clinical study participant for the use or disclosure of oral, written, or electronic form of confidential health information that identifies the individual and relates to the medical history, diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of his condition.
(Authorization for Release of Confidential Health Information, NCI Thesaurus)
No: I fear discovery above all things; and whatever disclosure would lead to it, I avoid.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
