revelation synonyms

revelation

n.

  1. Divulgence

    disclosure, discovery, announcement, admission, confession, divulgement, betrayal, telling, showing, publication, exposure, exposé, bombshell.

    Antonyms secrecy*, hiding*, refusal to tell.

  2. The act of revealing divine truth

    prophecy, vision, apocalypse, inspiration, sign, foreshadowing, shadowing forth, adumbration, oracle, divine manifestation; see also divination.

  3. Divine truth revealed

    divine word, God's word, apocalypse, cabala; see doctrine 1, faith 2.

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