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revelation

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun revelation has 4 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

revelationn. [F. révélation, L. revelatio. See Reveal.].
  •  The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.  [1913 Webster]
  •  That which is revealed.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The act of revealing divine truth.  [1913 Webster]
    "By revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote afore in few words."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse or Book of Revelation or The Revelation of Saint John.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

revelation, n.
1 a the act or an instance of revealing, esp. the supposed disclosure of knowledge to humankind by a divine or supernatural agency. b knowledge disclosed in this way.
2 a striking disclosure (it was a revelation to me).
3 (Revelation or colloq. Revelations) (in full the Revelation of St John the Divine) the last book of the New Testament, describing visions of heaven.

Derivative
revelational adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF revelation or LL revelatio (as REVEAL(1))

DEVIL DICTIONARY

revelation

n. A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the commentators, who know nothing.

THESAURUS

revelation

Christophany, Satanophany, admission, afflatus, angelophany, announcement, apocalypse, apparition, appearance, appearing, arising, astonishment, avatar, baring, blockbuster, blow, bomb, bombshell, bringing to light, bulletin, casual discovery, catch, catching, chance discovery, coming, coming into being, coming-forth, communique, confession, declaration, detection, determination, determining, direct communication, discernibleness, disclosing, disclosure, discovering, discovery, dissemination, distinguishment, divine inspiration, divine revelation, earthshaker, embodiment, emergence, epiphany, espial, evidence, evincement, excavation, exhumation, expose, exposition, exposure, expression, eye-opener, find, finding, finding out, forthcoming, incarnation, indication, information, inspiration, invention, issuance, joker, kicker, laying bare, leak, locating, location, lucky strike, manifestation, materialization, materializing, mystical experience, mysticism, news, observability, occurrence, opening, oracle, outcrop, outcropping, patefaction, perceptibility, peripeteia, pneumatophany, presentation, proclamation, pronouncement, proof, prophecy, publication, realization, recognition, rediscovery, removing the veil, revealing, revealment, rise, rising, seeableness, serendipity, shocker, showing, showing forth, showing up, showup, spotting, staggerer, startler, statement, strike, stripping, surprisal, surprise, surprise ending, surprise package, surprise party, switch, the seen, the visible, theophania, theophany, theopneustia, theopneusty, thunderbolt, thunderclap, treasure trove, trouvaille, trove, uncloaking, uncovering, unearthing, unfolding, unfoldment, unmasking, unveiling, unwrapping, visibility, visibleness, vision, visuality, what is revealed

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revelation

Judeo-Christian Revelation

N Judeo-christian revelation, revelation, inspiration, afflatus, theophany, theopneusty, Word, Word of God, Scripture, the Scriptures, the Bible, Holy Writ, Holy Scriptures, inspired writings, Gospel, Old Testament, Septuagint, Vulgate, Pentateuch, Octateuch, the Law, the Jewish Law, the Prophets, major Prophets, minor Prophets, Hagiographa, Hagiology, Hierographa, Apocrypha, New Testament, Gospels, Evangelists, Acts, Epistles, Apocalypse, Revelations, Talmud, Mishna, Masorah, prophet, evangelist, apostle, disciple, saint, the Fathers, the Apostolical Fathers, Holy Men of old, inspired penmen, scriptural, biblical, sacred, prophetic, evangelical, evangelistic, apostolic, apostolical, inspired, theopneustic, theophneusted, apocalyptic, ecclesiastical, canonical, textuary.

Discovery

N discovery, detection, disenchantment, ascertainment, disclosure, find, revelation, trover.

Disclosure

N disclosure, retection, unveiling, deterration, revealment, revelation, exposition, exposure, expose, whole truth, telltale, acknowledgment, avowal, confession, confessional, shrift, bursting of a bubble, denouement, tattletale, snitch, fink, stool pigeon, canary, disclosed, open, public, Int, out with it!, the murder is out, a light breaks in upon one, the scales fall from one's eyes, the eyes are opened.

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