Lexica → Word → disclosure
| Letter | D |
|---|---|
| Letter name | dee |
| Pronounciation | /diː/ |
| Word: | disclosure |
|---|---|
| Pronounciation: | |
| Century: | 16th |
| DA Name: | disclosure |
| Era: | C.E. |
| Origin: | Original |
| Type: | Official |
| Source Language: | Latin |
Source Language Words: | The word is constructed from two pre-6th Century Latin words dis = "away" and clausus "to confine, shut up, close, blockade, besiege". The word "disclosure" means literally "to confine away, to shut up away, to close away". Disclosed information can legally be withheld from public view, seized and destroyed. In contrast, the correct ancient Roman legal term for full disclosure is comperio = "to disclose fully, find out with certainty, lay open / learn, find out". |
| Source Text: | |
Definition: | From 16th Century Latin disclaudere, English/French desclore meaning "the act of providing information on discoveries, uncovered truth and exposures to a higher authority by legal CONSENT". Contrary to deliberately misleading definitions attributed to the word, Disclose/Disclosure has never been about revealing truth and knowledge, but about hiding it, controlling and (sometimes) destroying it. |
