unveiling

noun

1. a ceremony in which a statue or monument is presented or displayed for the first time by removing its covering.
2. an act or instance of presenting, displaying, or revealing, especially for the first time: the unveiling of a new play.

verb (used with object)

1. to remove a veil or other covering from; display; reveal: The woman unveiled herself.
2. 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)

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

noun

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

verb

1. (tr) to remove the cover or shroud from, esp in the ceremonial unveiling of a monument, etc
2. to remove the veil from (one’s own or another person’s face)
3. (tr) to make (something secret or concealed) known or public; divulge; reveal

v.1590s, in reference to sight, “to make clear,” from un- (2) + veil (v.). Sense of “to display or reveal” (something) is from 1650s. Related: Unveiled; unveiling.