n. 1. a. The act of revealing or disclosing. b. Something revealed, especially a dramatic disclosure of something not previously known or realized. c. A sudden insight or idea: "I'd had the idea to dig up Dad's coffin ... I was lying in bed and I had the revelation, like a simple solution to an impossible problem" (Jonathan Safran Foer). 2. Theology A manifestation of divine will or truth. [Middle English revelacion, from Old French revelation, from Latin revēlātiō, revēlātiōn-, from revēlātus, past participle of revēlāre, to reveal; see REVEAL1.] |
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