Synonyms for clarification
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Noun
1. Elucidation
Other
explanation, refinement, clearing, purification, disambiguation, despumation dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from impurities via the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.
The clarification of wine.
Related words
- Word family
- clarify
Forms
- Plural
- clarifications → elucidations, illuminations, explanations, refinements…
Example sentences
- elucidation Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation.
- explanation We shouldn't accept his explanation at face value.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| clarification | falling | |
| elucidation | falling | |
| explanation | steady | |
| disambiguation | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- clearing2
- 10 letters
- refinement3
- 11 letters
- explanation4, elucidation, despumation
- 12 letters
- illumination5, purification5
- 14 letters
- disambiguation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (clearing2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- clarification
- Italiano
- chiarificazione
- Deutsch
- Klarstellung