retection

CIDE DICTIONARY

retection, n. [L. retegere, retectum, to uncover; pref. re- + tegere to cover.].

 Act of disclosing or uncovering something concealed.  Boyle.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

retection

Disclosure

N disclosure, retection, unveiling, deterration, revealment, revelation, exposition, exposure, expose, whole truth, telltale, acknowledgment, avowal, confession, confessional, shrift, bursting of a bubble, denouement, tattletale, snitch, fink, stool pigeon, canary, disclosed, open, public, Int, out with it!, the murder is out, a light breaks in upon one, the scales fall from one's eyes, the eyes are opened.