Divulge

Quick meaning: Divulge is a verb meaning (transitive) To indicate publicly; to proclaim.

Meaning

(transitive) To indicate publicly; to proclaim.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.

Example Sentences

I will never divulge that secret to anyone.

God... marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven.

In an interview with The Economist last year, he insisted his attack on the CPP had nothing to do with his views on global warming, which he would not divulge.

Here then is a letter from a young man whose name I must not reveal, but whom I will designate as D. F., and whose address I must not divulge, but will simply indicate as Q. Street, West.

Word Forms

• divulges
• divulging
• divulged

Synonyms for divulge

Depending on context, synonyms include bewray, uncover, disclose, discover, expose, give away.

Antonyms for divulge

Common opposites include cover up, withhold.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include discover, declare, impart, expose, give away, disclose.

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