'Elucidation' definitions:
Definition of 'elucidation'
(from WordNet)
noun
An act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on
noun
An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook" [syn: clarification, elucidation, illumination]
Definition of 'Elucidation'
From: GCIDE
- Elucidation \E*lu`ci*da"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]lucidation.] A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'elucidation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allegorization,
- clarification,
- cracking,
- decipherment,
- decoding,
- demonstration,
- demythologization,
- editing,
- emendation,
- enlightenment,
- euhemerism,
- exegesis,
- exemplification,
- explanation,
- explication,
- exposition,
- expounding,
- illumination,
- illustration,
- light,
- rationale,
- reason,
- simplification,
- solution,
- unlocking