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revelation
[rev-uh-ley-shuhn]
noun
the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
The revelation of previously hidden facts about the group’s activities changed the situation completely.
Synonyms: , ,something revealed or disclosed, especially a striking disclosure, such as of something not before realized.
Her memoir contained several fascinating revelations about her love life.
Theology.
God's disclosure of Himself and His will to His creatures.
an instance of such communication or disclosure.
something thus communicated or disclosed.
something that contains such disclosure, as the Bible.
Also called The Revelation of St. John the Divine.Revelation. the last book in the New Testament; the Apocalypse. Rev.
revelation
1/ ˌɛəˈɪʃə /
noun
the act or process of disclosing something previously secret or obscure, esp something true
a fact disclosed or revealed, esp in a dramatic or surprising way
Christianity
God's disclosure of his own nature and his purpose for mankind, esp through the words of human intermediaries
something in which such a divine disclosure is contained, such as the Bible
Revelation
2/ ˌɛəˈɪʃə /
noun
Also called: the Apocalypse. the Revelation of Saint John the Divine.(popularly, often plural) the last book of the New Testament, containing visionary descriptions of heaven, of conflicts between good and evil, and of the end of the world
Other Word Forms
- revelational adjective
- nonrevelation noun
- prerevelation noun
- unrevelational adjective
- ˌ𱹱ˈپDzԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of revelation1
Word History and Origins
Origin of revelation1
Example Sentences
For Wilson, the album was a revelation, challenging him to rethink the possibility of a record album as an artistic statement.
One of the first revelations was that Bishnoi's relationship with Moose Wala went back several years, long before the singer's killing.
Billy Joel’s life is awash in revelations these days — some bad, some worse.
The young man danced-walked up to another Black person several feet away from me and shared his personal revelation again.
These artists know that flamboyance needn’t preclude subtlety, and that stardom neither guarantees nor bars revelation.
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