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clarification
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clarification
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explanation |
| Synonyms: | description, elucidation, exposition, illumination, interpretation, resolution, simplification, solution, unravelment, vivification |
| Antonyms: | complication, misunderstanding, muddle |
| Main Entry: | definition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | description |
| Synonyms: | analogue, annotation, answer, characterization, clarification, clue, comment, commentary, cue, delimitation, delineation, demarcation, denotation, determination, diagnosis, drift, elucidation, exemplification, explanation, explication, exposition, expounding, fixing, formalization, gloss, individuation, interpretation, key, outlining, rationale, rendering, rendition, representation, settling, signification, solution, statement of meaning, terminology, translation |
| Antonyms: | ambiguity, nonsense, vagueness |
| Main Entry: | illumination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clear understanding |
| Synonyms: | awareness, clarification, edification, education, enlightenment, information, insight, inspiration, instruction, perception, revelation, teaching |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, misconception, misunderstanding, obscurity, vagueness |
| Main Entry: | illustration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demonstration, exemplification |
| Synonyms: | analogy, case, case history, case in point, clarification, elucidation, example, explanation, for instance, instance, interpretation, model, representative, sample, sampling, specimen |
| Main Entry: | interpretation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | understanding |
| Synonyms: | analysis, apprehension, assimilation, awareness, clarification, comprehension, discernment, explanation, grasp, grip, insight, judgment, knowing, meaning, perception, reading, slant, translation |
| Main Entry: | purge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elimination, removal |
| Synonyms: | abolition, abstersion, catharsis, clarification, cleaning, cleanup, coup, crushing, disposal, disposition, ejection, eradication, evacuation, excretion, expulsion, expurgation, extermination, extirpation, liquidation, murder, purification, reign of terror, suppression, witch hunt |
| Antonyms: | holding, keeping, maintenance |
| Main Entry: | refinement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cleansing |
| Synonyms: | clarification, cleaning, depuration, detersion, distillation, draining, filtering, processing, purification, rarefaction, rectification |
| Antonyms: | corruption, dirtying, pollution |
| Main Entry: | rider |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amendment, clause |
| Synonyms: | addendum, addition, adjunct, alteration, attachment, clarification, codicil, measure, modification, revision, supplement |
| Main Entry: | solution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | answer, resolution |
| Synonyms: | Band-Aid, clarification, elucidation, explanation, explication, key, pay dirt, quick fix, result, solving, the ticket, unfolding, unraveling, unravelment |
| Antonyms: | doubt, problem, quandary, question, trouble |
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