revelation

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I rather avoided him after dinner, for I confess he struck me as cruelly conceited, and the revelation was a pain.

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  1. noun The act of revealing or disclosing.
  2. noun Something revealed, especially a dramatic disclosure of something not previously known or realized.
  3. noun Theology A manifestation of divine will or truth.
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  • That suggested that her revelation was a true discovery. —  Reality Check by Piers Anthony
  • I also felt horribly confused by Monty's assertion that his revelation was a feeling . —  Secret Ceremonies
  • This revelation was a jolt to his new liking, yet in the face of Hood's genial humor he couldn't feel very angry. —  ASTOUNDING
  • It must not be understood that this revelation was a happenstance phenomenon of the moment, for Tesla, endowed by Nature with an intellect capable of vast unfoldment, had exerted almost superhuman efforts to achieve that which was revealed to him, and the effort was not unassociated with the result. —  Prodigal genius - Tesla Biography
  • Unfortunately in Ireland the idea of revelation is associated with canonization and canonization, once attained, is not conducive to rational enquiry. —  Slugger O'Toole
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  1. Middle English revelacion, from Old French revelation, from Latin revēlātiō, revēlātiōn-, from revēlātus, past participle of revēlāre, to reveal; see reveal1.

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  1. from Middle English revelacioun, from Old French revelation, revelacion, French révélation = Provencal revelacio = Spanish revelacion = Portuguese revelação = Italian rivelazione, revelation, from Late Latin revelatio(n-), an uncovering, a revealing, from Latin revelare, past participle revelatus, reveal: see reveal.
 

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/rɛvəˈleɪʃən/
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