the speech act of making something evident
"The detective's revealing comments finally exposed the thief's identity to everyone in the room."
Something revealed; a revelation.
"The shocking evidence was revealing, exposing the truth about the scandal."
In plain English: A revealing is something that shows hidden details about someone's character or situation.
"The revealing provided clear details about his past financial problems that shocked everyone at the meeting."
present participle of reveal
"The magician's quick sleight of hand prevented any revealing of his secret method."
In plain English: To reveal something means to show it so that people can see what was hidden before.
"The detective's revealing statement exposed who actually stole the money."
Informative.
"The detective's revealing statement finally exposed the true identity of the thief."
The word revealing comes from the Middle English term reveling, which was formed by adding the suffix -ing to reveal. It entered English as a present participle describing the act of making something known or visible.