revelations

3 definitions • 5 examples

the act of making something known that was secret, or a fact that is made known:

a moment of revelation

[ + that ] His wife divorced him after the revelation that he was having an affair.

Shocking revelations about their private life appeared in the papers.

to be an extremely pleasant surprise:

This book came as a complete revelation to me.

the act of making known something that was secret, or a fact that has been made known:

[ C ] The first planet discovered around an ordinary star was a strange and unexpected revelation.