divulgence

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So the grants they depend on require divulgence to get the grant.

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the act of disclosing something that was secret or private

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noun

the act of disclosing something that was secret or private

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for divulgence.

noun

the act of disclosing something that was secret or private

Example sentences

So the grants they depend on require divulgence to get the grant.

What part of his initial explanation of the PS3 root key divulgence don't you understand?

If the Guardian wants to maintain control of the divulgence of leaks, they could encrypt the leaks as a series of files in a bundle and distribute it over, say, BitTorrent.

A warrant certainly can be used to take the drive with any encrypted material on it, but forcing divulgence of the keys seems like another level entirely.

The latter, however, are the contents of one's mind, and as such requiring their divulgence runs afowl of 1st amendment protection of free speech and/or 4th amendment protection against self-incrimination.

With the safe analogy, I swear there's precedent that, if the security is a physical key, then a court can compel the owner to produce it. But if the safe uses a combination, the court cannot compel its divulgence, since that would violate the fifth amendment protections against being forced to testify against oneself.

The words themselves have the capability to show any number of things, ranging from their desire to summarize their own life, to a banal statement that they couldn't possibly know was their last, to a display of terror or resistance, or a list of regrets, or a divulgence of soon-to-be-consequence-free dark secrets, or a last minute change to their will.