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“disclosure” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

disclosure
indicium (disclosure of a crime to a magistrate; e.g., conjurationis): patefactio (e.g., rerum opertarum, Cic.; very rare): delatio (disclosure of a crime to a magistrate): to make a disclosure to anybody, demonstrare or significare aliquid alicui: communicare aliquid cum aliquo: certiorem aliquem facere de re: indicium alicujus rei ad aliquem afferre: indicium deferre ad aliquem. [Vid: To DISCLOSE.] Often by circumlocution; Alcibiades saw that he should gain much popularity by this disclosure, sensit Alcibiades, id si aperuisset, magnam se initurum gratiam (Nep., Alc., 9, 5): if the disclosure of this conspiracy is due to me, ista conjuratio si patefacta per me est.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for disclosure?
The usual Latin words for “disclosure” are indicium, pătĕfactĭo, dēlātiō; also coniūrātiō, dēmōnstrō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.