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clarification(dictionary)
clarification(dictionary)

clarification (iou)



clarification noun. E16.
[In branch I partly from CLARIFY, partly from French clarification, formed as next: see -FICATION. In branch II from ecclesiastical Latin clarificatio(n-), from clarificat- pa. ppl stem of clarificare: see next, -ATION.]
I.
The action of making clear or plain to the understanding; removal of complexity, ambiguity, or obscurity. E16.
The action of freeing from impurities or making transparent; the process of becoming free from impurities or transparent. E17.
II.
Glorification, transfiguration. M-L17.
clarificatory adjective tending to, having the purpose of, or relating to, clarification M20.