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clarification.

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.

13 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌklæɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˌklɛɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən//ˌklæɹɪfɪˈkæɪʃən/Australia
  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.

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    The clarification of wine.
  2. The act of freeing from obscurities; disambiguation.

    countable · uncountable
    Your ideas deserve clarification.
  3. An explanatory comment on, or question about, a point of obscurity.

    countable · uncountable
    Let me make just one clarification: did he kiss her, or did she kiss him?
  4. 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).

    countable · uncountable
  5. Clarity, transparency, mutual understanding; to be clear.

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    So, just for clarification, you're saying your Chihuahua ate your homework?
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French clarification, from Latin clārificātiō.

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