clarification

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Synonyms: glorification, classification, scarification, florification, planification, carnification, clarifications, reclarification, varification, caprification, coalification

Antonyms: glorification, classification, scarification, florification, planification, carnification, clarifications, reclarification, varification, caprification, coalification

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Noun

1. The act of [[clarify]]ing; the act or process of making [[clear]] or [[transparent]] by [[free]]ing visible [[impurity|impurities]]; particularly, the clearing or [[fine|fining]] of liquid substances from impurities via the separation of the [[insoluble]] particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.
2. The act of [[free]]ing from [[obscurity|obscurities]]; [[disambiguation]].
3. An [[explanatory]] comment on, or question about, a [[point]] of obscurity.
4. {{lb|en|journalism}} A small piece of writing [[supplemental]] to a previously published text, intended to [[disambiguate]], [[explain away]] obscurities, but not contradict or [[emend]] the text (as would a [[correction]]).
5. {{lb|en|in the phrase {{m|en|[[for]] clarification}}}} [[clarity|Clarity]], [[transparency]], [[mutual]] [[understanding]]; [[to]] [[be]] [[clear]].

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