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unveiling

[uhn-vey-ling]

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noun

a ceremony in which a statue or monument is presented or displayed for the first time by removing its covering.

an act or instance of presenting, displaying, or revealing, especially for the first time: the unveiling of a new play.

Origin:
1760–70; unveil + -ing¹

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self-un·veil·ing, adjective

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verb (used with object)

to remove a veil or other covering from; display; reveal: The woman unveiled herself.

to reveal or disclose by or as if by removing a veil or covering: to unveil a monument; to unveil a secret; to unveil a truth.

verb (used without object)

to become revealed by or as if by removing a veil.

Origin:
1590–1600; un-² + veil

Synonyms
2. divulge, bare, broadcast, expose.

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unveiling (ʌnˈveɪlɪŋ)

—n
1.	a ceremony involving the removal of a veil at the formal presentation of a statue, monument, etc, for the first time
2.	the presentation of something, esp for the first time

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Word Origin & History

unveil

1599, in ref. to sight, "to make clear," from un- (2) + veil (v.). Sense of "to display or reveal" (something) is from 1657.

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"That we can come here today and in the presence of thousands and tens of thousands of the survivors of the gallant army of Northern Virginia and their descendants, establish such an enduring monument by their hospitable welcome and acclaim, is conclusive proof of the uniting of the sections, and a universal confession that all that was done was well done, that the battle had to be fought, that the sections had to be tried, but that in the end, the result has inured to the common benefit of all."

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