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Definition of divulge : 1. To become publicly known.
2. To impart; to communicate.
3. To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
4. To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat.
5. To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell ( a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; - said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret.

Synonyms:

find out, issue, collapse, get a line, detect, produce, ruin, get word, fracture, happen upon, bring on, pause, get out, unbosom, notice, fall in, spill, rat, discontinue, develop, learn, split, come apart, attain, dampen, widen, put out, scupper, get around, snitch, breach, weaken, set off, distinguish, kick downstairs, give away, split up, introduce, betray, see, discover, give way, wear, offload, infract, stop, part, endanger, snap off, damp, break off, conk out, leak, break out, demote, give out, light upon, publish, bust, denounce, tell all, break, break up, bump, chance upon, spill the beans, fall apart, shit, pick up, observe, hear, come upon, relegate, lay something bare, debunk, break in, chance on, recrudesce, name, go, fail, burst, undo, wear out, unveil, tell, key, come across, separate, stag, soften, go against, break-dance, let the cat out of the bag, identify, let loose, erupt, peril, intermit, better, get wind, emit, unwrap, key out, tell on, fall upon, grass, violate, strike, utter, blab, let (it) slip, find, shop, let on, impart, break away, let out, let slip, break down, offend, smash, check, cave in, release, crack, describe, interrupt, give, bankrupt, founder, go bad, transgress, bring out, die

communicate, disseminate, advertise, reveal, study at reveal, exhibit, broadcast, disclose, uncloak, announce, confess, express, testify, brief, proclaim, unmask, assert, admit, declare

display, show, uncover, expose, bare

Usage examples:

• Till he reveals his own secret, for us to divulge it would be folly and dishonor." - "The Scottish Chiefs", Jane Porter.
• Now listen: I have invited you to take hold of my matters, and in order to give you a clear understanding of my case, it becomes necessary for me to divulge to you what at present is known only to my wife and myself. - "The Expressman and the Detective", Allan Pinkerton.
• There was an honourable understanding that no one should divulge what took place in a Faculty meeting. - "Gulmore, The Boss", Frank Harris.