revelation meaning and definition

REVELATION noun

Definition of revelation (noun)

1. the speech act of making something evident
   • synonyms: disclosure, revealing
2. an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
3. communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency
   • synonyms: divine revelation
4. the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle
   • synonyms: Apocalypse, Book of Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine