'Clarification' definitions:
Definition of 'clarification'
(from WordNet)
noun
An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook" [syn: clarification, elucidation, illumination]
noun
The act of removing solid particles from a liquid [syn: clearing, clarification]
Definition of 'Clarification'
From: GCIDE
- Clarification \Clar`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. clarification, L. clarificatio glorification.]
- 1. The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of freeing from obscurities. [1913 Webster]
- The clarification of men's ideas. --Whewell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'clarification'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allegorization,
- bolting,
- colature,
- cracking,
- decipherment,
- decoding,
- demonstration,
- demythologization,
- destructive distillation,
- distillation,
- easing,
- editing,
- edulcoration,
- elucidation,
- elution,
- elutriation,
- emendation,
- enlightenment,
- essentialization,
- euhemerism,
- exegesis,
- exemplification,
- expediting,
- expedition,
- explanation,
- explication,
- exposition,
- expounding,
- extraction,
- facilitation,
- filtering,
- filtration,
- hastening,
- illumination,
- illustration,
- leaching,
- light,
- lixiviation,
- percolation,
- purification,
- quickening,
- rationale,
- reason,
- refinement,
- riddling,
- screening,
- separation,
- sieving,
- sifting,
- simplification,
- simplifying,
- smoothing,
- solution,
- speeding,
- spiritualization,
- straining,
- streamlining,
- sublimation,
- unlocking,
- winnowing