revealment

[ ri-veel-muhnt ]

noun

1. the act of revealing; revelation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of revealment¹

First recorded in 1575–85; reveal + -ment

Example Sentences

All down the way the sudden revealment, the flash of familiar eyes, the cry of an old, old name, the remembrances of other times, the crowd multiplying.

From Literature

The rose that makes the summer fair, The velvet robe that sovereigns wear, The red revealment could not spare.

From Project Gutenberg

For in the lightning flash of revealment he realized that once again the good he would have done had turned to hideous evil in the doing, and that this time the sword thrust of the blind-passion impulse had gone straight to the heart of love itself.

From Project Gutenberg

Her gaze was on the basket of tulips on the tea-table, but she was really seeing Craig's smouldering black eyes—the lowering brows—the ruthless clamped lips—as she had seen his face in that moment of revealment in his study.

From Project Gutenberg

The Governor, however, stayed the action of revealment with a sudden gesture.

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Related Words

• acknowledgment
• admission
• confession
• discovery
• exposure
• leak
• publication