noun (n)

• the act of discovering something(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  find, uncovering
  

  source: wordnet30
• something that is discovered(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• a productive insight(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  breakthrough, find
  

  source: wordnet30
• (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.(noun)

  source: webster1913