Definition

Noun: 1. The act of making something known that was previously secret or private: "Divulgence" refers to the action of revealing or disclosing information that was meant to be kept confidential or hidden.

Examples

• The unauthorized divulgence of the company's financial data caused a major scandal.
• The journalist was accused of the divulgence of state secrets.
• Her sudden divulgence of her true feelings surprised everyone at the meeting.

Advanced Usage

• "Inadvertent divulgence": An accidental or unintentional disclosure of private information.
  • The email was sent to the wrong recipient, resulting in an inadvertent divulgence of the contract terms.
• "Prior/prior to divulgence": Referring to the time or state before a secret is revealed.
  • All parties signed a non-disclosure agreement prior to the divulgence of the prototype's design.

Variants and Related Words

• Divulge (verb): To make known (private or sensitive information).
  • He refused to divulge the source of his information.
• Divulgement (noun): A less common synonym for "divulgence," meaning the same thing.

Synonyms

• Disclosure: The act of making new or secret information known.
• Revelation: The making known of something that was surprising or previously unknown.
• Exposure: The revealing of the true, and often shocking, nature of something.

Related Phrases

• Act of divulgence: A formal phrase emphasizing the action itself.
  • The act of divulgence violated their confidentiality agreement.

Noun

1. the act of disclosing something that was secret or private