■ noun
1》 a surprising disclosure.
↘the revealing of something previously unknown.
↘a surprising or remarkable thing.
2》 a divine or supernatural disclosure to humans.
↘( Revelation or informal Revelations ) (in full the Revelation of St John the Divine ) the last book of the New Testament, recounting a divine ~ of the future to St John.
Derivatives
~al adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr., or from late L. revelatio(n-) , from revelare (see reveal 1 ).