clarificationn.
/ˌklarɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1.
a. The action or process of clarifying, esp. liquids.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > clarifying liquids > [noun]
clarifyinga1475
fining1559
clarification1617
defecation1623
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate Termes 339 Clarification is the expurgation of sodide grosse matter from liquid medicaments.
1729 G. Shelvocke, Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery ii. 95 Drossy Salt..impregnated with the Saltpeter before its Clarification.
1885 Act 48 & 49 Victoria c. 50. §8 (1) A brewer of beer..shall not..add any..thing thereto (except finings for the purpose of clarification).
b. Of ideas, thought, opinion.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun]
keyeOE
undoinga1330
expositiona1340
declarationc1374
declaringc1374
clearingc1380
expoundingc1380
explanationa1382
interpretation1382
exploitingc1390
unfolding1483
explicating1531
explication1537
clearance?1548
elucidation1570
explaining1576
manifestation1576
untwining1577
illustration1581
untwisting1591
eviscerating1599
unclouding1601
enodation1603
opening1611
dilucidation1615
unsnarling1640
declarement1646
enucleation1650
illumination1656
dilucidatinga1660
luciferousness1665
clarifying1677
unravelling1713
disentanglement1751
exegesis1770
disambiguation1827
evisceration1831
keyword1848
clarificationa1866
exponence1880
exponency1880
straightening1900
demystification1964
a1866 Whewell in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1890) The clarification of men's ideas.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. lxxxiii. 115 The maturing and clarification of political opinion.
1909 Times 20 Jan. 10/4 Clarification of thought within the party on the fiscal question.
1966 New Statesman 9 Dec. 863/2 Morrice James did not fly out to seek clarifications.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [noun] > transfiguration or glorification
transfigurationc1480
glorification1502
clarifaction1577
clarification1633
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 1) 2 The three witnesses of Christs Clarification..were Peter, and Iames, and Iohn.
1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 77 An Elevation and clarification of his veri mortal Bodie.
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