divulge
verb
1 divulge
Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.
synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, discover, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap ... show more.
Roget 529:
disclose,
discover,
dismask†;
draw the veil,
draw aside the veil,
lift the veil,
raise the veil,
lift up the veil,
remove the veil,
tear aside the veil,
tear the curtain;
unmask,
unveil,
unfold,
uncover,
unseal,
unkennel;
take off the seal,
break the seal;
lay open,
lay bare;
expose;
open,
open up;
bare,
bring to light.
divulge,
reveal,
break;
squeal [Coll.],
tattle [Coll.],
sing [Coll.],
rat [Coll.],
snitch [Coll.];
let into the secret;
reveal the secrets of the prison house;
tell
etc.
(inform)
527;
breathe,
utter,
blab,
peach;
let out,
let fall,
let drop,
let slip,
spill the beans,
let the cat out of the bag;
betray;
tell tales,
come out of school;
come out with;
give vent,
give utterance to;
open the lips,
blurt out,
vent,
whisper about;
speak out
etc.
(make manifest)
525;
make public
etc.
531;
unriddle
etc.
(find out)
480.1;
split.
acknowledge,
allow,
concede,
grant,
admit,
own,
own up to,
confess,
avow,
throw off all disguise,
turn inside out,
make a clean breast;
show one's hand,
show one's cards;
unburden one's mind,
disburden one's mind,
disburden one's conscience,
disburden one's heart;
open one's mind,
lay bare one's mind,
tell a piece of one's mind [Fr.];
unbosom oneself,
own to the soft impeachment;
say the truth,
speak the truth;
turn King's evidence,
Queen's evidence;
acknowledge the corn [U.S.].
raise the mask,
drop the mask,
lift the mask,
remove the mask,
throw off the mask;
expose;
lay open;
undeceive†,
unbeguile†;
disabuse,
set right,
correct,
open the eyes of;
d_esillusionner.
be disclosed
&c.;
transpire,
come to light;
come in sight
etc.
(be visible)
446;
become known,
escape the lips;
come out,
ooze out,
creep out,
leak out,
peep out,
crop-out;
show its face,
show its colors;
discover itself
&c.;
break through the clouds,
flash on the mind.
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Dutch: blootleggen, ontboezemen, onthullen, ontsluieren, openbaren, reveleren, uitgieten, uitstorten
Moby thesaurus: affect, air, betoken, betray, brandish, break it to, break the news, breathe, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to notice, broach, come out with, confide, confide to, dangle, demonstrate, develop, disclose, discover, display, divulgate, dramatize, embody, enact, evidence, evince, evulgate, exhibit, expose to view, express, flaunt, flourish, give away, give out, give sign, give token, give vent to, gossip, highlight, illuminate, incarnate, indicate, let get around, let in on, let out, make clear, make known, make plain, make public, manifest, materialize, mean, mouth, open up, out with, parade, perform, present, proclaim, produce, publish, put out, represent, reveal, roll out, set forth, show, show forth, spill, spotlight, tattle, tell, token, trot out, unfold, utter, vent, ventilate, wave ... show more.
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