divulgence
- noun
- /dɪˈvʌl.dʒəns/
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divulgación
- Her divulgence of private information about the project raised concerns about confidentiality.
Examples
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Before Maynard began, she thanked the crowd for listening to their unromantic divulgences, saying, "I grew up in an alcoholic family where my father got drunk every night and we woke up the next morning pretending nothing ever happened."
Blog text (22) -
The thing was, Cara knew just how Teresa must feel, that this kind of divulgence was what was expected of her in Croup even just for one meeting, so that when she was done, if she ever was done, she would have earned her place as someone who could be trusted with whatever anybody else might want to say.
Fiction book (1993) -
His entertaining divulgence into the life of the "cool kids" is a necessary break from the more serious aspects of this film.
Blog text (13) -
The teacher's divulgence of the test answers caused a stir among the students.
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The author's divulgence of his past experiences in the memoir revealed a different side of his personality.
Synonyms
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4.1
Making secret or new information known to others
175
5.0
A surprising fact that people did not know before
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3.9
Making a secret or hidden thing known to people
To tell people private or secret information
Making something hidden become known
Finding and showing something that was hidden
Antonyms
How Public
- Literature
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2.9
738
1.5
176
4.1
175
5.0
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2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word divulgence comes from the Latin verb divulgare, built from vulgus meaning 'the common people'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the same root in the word vulgar, which once meant 'common', so divulgence is the act of making something private 'public'.