premise: to <mask> the faults of a neighbor
hypothesis: the best context for <mask> here is To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; but not To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like.