revealment
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6.7
- noun
- /rɪˈviːlmənt/
- The revealment of the hidden treasure excited the entire village.
Examples
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Her heartfelt revealment about her struggles brought tears to everyone's eyes.
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Revealment in relation to the detective story is the moment of the unraveling of the mystery plot: the little old lady is shown to be a vile poisoner, and the composed butler is a fiendish gambler with a propensity for murder.
Academic text (1994) -
The revealment implied by Chesterton applies, in relation to Bustos, to the revelation of self as an internal collaboration and of the subsequent inscription of this self into the codified generic tradition of detective fiction.
Academic text (1994) -
The scientist's revealment of the new species surprised the entire research community.
Synonyms
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1.5
A public statement that gives important information
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5.0
A surprising fact that people did not know before
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4.1
Making secret or new information known to others
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3.9
Making a secret or hidden thing known to people
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4.1
A public event where people see something new for the first time
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3.9
A sign that shows something that was meant to stay secret
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3.8
An event when something surprising and important is made known after waiting
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3.2
Finding and showing something that was hidden
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8.4
Making secret information known to other people
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9.5
Making something that was hidden become known to people
To tell people private or secret information
A report in a newspaper that shows secret illegal or dishonest actions
Antonyms
How Revealing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word revealment comes from the verb reveal plus the noun ending -ment, and reveal originally meant 'to take off a veil', like the English word veil. So a revealment is the act of uncovering something and making what was hidden become visible.