divulge
v. C1 Advanced US //daɪˈvəɫdʒ// UK //daɪvˈʌldʒ// di·vulge
v. to tell someone a secret or a piece of private information. You usually do this when you are allowed to or when it is necessary.
v. to make known or reveal information that was previously secret or private. Transitive — requires a direct object.
The witness refused to divulge the name of the person.
The company will not divulge the exact figures of the new contract until the official press release is published.
Despite the intense pressure from the investigators, the suspect remained silent and refused to divulge any information regarding the location of the missing evidence.
Inherited from Middle English divulgen, from Latin dīvulgō + -en (verb-forming suffix), from dī- (“widely”) + vulgō (“to make known, announce; to publish”).