

When a politician, corporate executive, or celebrity announces that he or she has something to disclose, the public listens. They know that the information they're about to hear was kept secret for a reason. Something incriminating or juicy is about to be revealed, like a secret affair or plummeting company profits.

Definitions of disclose
  1. verb
    disclose to view as by removing a cover
    “The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set”
    synonyms: expose
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    turn so as to expose the face
    type of:
    bring out, reveal, uncover, unveil
    make visible
  2. verb
    “The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold”
    synonyms: break, bring out, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap
    break, get around, get out
    be released or become known; of news
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    bring (information) out of concealment
    explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures
    cause to be revealed and jeopardized
    reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
    come out, come out of the closet, out
    to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
    produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
    betray, bewray
    reveal unintentionally
    reveal in private; tell confidentially
    tell anonymously
    divulge confidential information or secrets
    disclose directly or through prophets
    relieve, unbosom
    relieve oneself of troubling information
    type of:
    let something be known
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