revelation
Other forms: revelations
Discovering that you had a long-lost sister would definitely be a revelation, or a surprising realization. Finding out she had been living in the house next door for years would be an even more startling revelation!
It is not a surprise that the word revelation is related to the word reveal, because revealing is the action of showing something that was previously covered up or unknown. You can even use both words in the same sentence: "You might find it a revelation if someone revealed to you that your house was sitting on top of a gold mine!"
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the act of making something evident
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synonyms:
disclosure, revealing
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singing, tattle, telling
disclosing information or giving evidence about another
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display
behavior that makes your feelings public
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divulgement, divulgence
the act of disclosing something that was secret or private
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discovery
something that is discovered
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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
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giveaway
an unintentional disclosure
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informing, ratting
to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors)
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leak, news leak
unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
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exposure
the disclosure of something secret
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histrionics
a deliberate display of emotion for effect
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production
a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated
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sackcloth and ashes
a display of extreme remorse or repentance or grief
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expose, unmasking
the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
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muckraking
the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures)
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type of:
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speech act
the use of language to perform some act
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an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
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brainstorm, brainwave, insight
the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation
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brainstorm, brainwave, insight
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communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency
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synonyms:
divine revelation
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informing, making known
a speech act that conveys information
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informing, making known
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Vocabulary lists containing revelation
In this first book of the Winterhouse trilogy, eleven-year-old orphan Elizabeth Somers is sent by her aunt and uncle to a hotel in the snowy mountains, where she discovers magical mysteries and adventures with the other guests and owner.
Eleven-year-old Olive Miracle Martin searches the Tennessee woods for a magical hummingbird to grant her wish for stronger bones so that she could be a normal middle schooler.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, when Muhammad's first revelation of the Quran is commemorated. Muslims worldwide observe this month with fasting, prayer, reflection, and community.
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