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Elucidation

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clarificationnounThe act of freeing from obscurities; disambiguation.

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clarificationnounThe act of freeing from obscurities; disambiguation.
explanationnounSomething that explains or makes understandable.
detectionnounThe act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.
understandingnoun(uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
enlightenmentnounA concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.
interpretationnoun(countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
claritynounThe state or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.
determinationnounThe act of determining, or the state of being determined.
clarifyverb(by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
illucidationnounAlternative form of elucidation. [A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration]
dilucidationnoun(obsolete) The act of making clear; clarification or explanation.
eclaircissementnounAn explanation of something obscure or unknown; clarification, enlightenment.
éclaircissementnounAlternative form of eclaircissement. [An explanation of something obscure or unknown; clarification, enlightenment.]
illustrationnounSomething which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
explicitationnoun(rare, possibly nonstandard) The process or fact of becoming explicit or of causing to be explicit; that which makes something explicit.
explicationnoun(dated or formal) The act of explaining; an explanation.
expoundingverbThe act by which something is expounded.
illustnounAbbreviation of illustration. [The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct.]
clarifyingverbProviding clarity; making clear.
definitionnoun(semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word, word group, sign, or symbol; especially, a dictionary definition.

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