The act of revealing or disclosing.
The revelation of the culprits' identities was cathartic for the populace.
Something that is revealed.
The revelaciõ of Jeſus Chꝛiſte / which god gave vnto hĩ / foꝛto ſhewe vnto his ſervaunt[es] thyng[es] which muſte ſhoꝛtly come to paſſe.
Something dramatically disclosed.
This invention was a revelation for farmers throughout the region, who immediately adopted it.
The final book of the New Testament of the Bible.
He had drunk more than was fit for him, and he was singing some light song, when he saw approaching, as he said, the pale horse mentioned in the Revelation, with Death seated as the rider.
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.
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