the speech act of making something evident
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the act of disclosing something that was secret or private
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(law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.behavior that makes your feelings public; "a display of emotion"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.the act of disclosing something that was secret or private
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.the disclosure of something secret; "they feared exposure of their campaign plans"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.an unintentional disclosure
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated; "she tends to make a big production out of nothing"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.the speech act of making something evident
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.the speech act of making something evident
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.disclosing information or giving evidence about another
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.disclosing information or giving evidence about another
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.disclosing information or giving evidence about another
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.a situation in which a public official's decisions are influenced by the official's personal interests
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Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is not private proper…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clan…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorles…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secret characters, or cipher.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or me…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- sai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.a secret listener to private conversations
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.
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