The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure.
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the act of disclosing something that was secret or private
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The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.
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.To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public i…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to repr…
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.of Inform
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a lea…
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.The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness.
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.of Reveal
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.of Sing
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical ethics, Linguistics, Pragmatics.of Tell
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 deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.
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.Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.
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.Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a po…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.
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.One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disclosing, secret, private.
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