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disclosure

/dɪsˈkləʊʒə/

B1CEFR level
40/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Medicine noun

The act of giving out relevant information, such as the risks of a procedure, to a patient.

Full disclosure of the possible complications is a legal part of gaining consent.

Similar: revelation

Topic: Consent & explaining in Medical English

Law noun

An arbitrator's duty to reveal any circumstances that might give rise to doubts about impartiality.

Full disclosure of prior appointments by the same law firm is now expected of arbitrators.

Similar: revelation

Topic: Arbitration in Legal English

Business noun

The act of making material information about a company publicly available to investors and regulators.

Selective disclosure to a single analyst exposed the firm to serious regulatory sanction.

Similar: divulgence

Topic: Corporate governance in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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