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Enlightenment

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age of reasonnoun(by extension) Age at which a person is able to distinguish right from wrong and make their own decisions.

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unenlightenmentnouna lack of understanding

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age of reasonnoun(by extension) Age at which a person is able to distinguish right from wrong and make their own decisions.
epiphanynoun(countable) An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.
awarenessnounThe state or quality of being aware of something.
intelligencenoun(chiefly uncountable) The capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn; the ability to process sentient experience to generate true beliefs with a justified degree of confidence.
elucidationnounA making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration
explanationnounSomething that explains or makes understandable.
informationnounThings that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.
indoctrinationnounThe act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated.
hintnounA clue.
revelationnounThe act of revealing or disclosing.
educationnoun(uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
instructionnoun(uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
illustrationnounSomething which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
outreachnounThe act or practice of visiting and providing services (of a charity, church, or other organization) to people who might not otherwise have access to those services.
sensitizationnounThe process of making something sensitive.
civilizationnounAn organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.
awakeningnounThe act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
reductionnounThe act, process, or result of reducing.
stimulatingHaving a manner that stimulates; serving to stimulate.
alleviationnounthe act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement

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