revelation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the speech act of making something evident
  2. noun an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
  3. noun communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency

Etymology

From Middle English revelacioun, from Old French revelacion, from Latin revēlātiō (“disclosure”), from revēlō (“to disclose”), re (“again”) + vēlō (“to cover”); by surface analysis, revelate + -ion.

In classic literature

Synonyms

disclosure, revealing

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