Meaning of Clarification | Babel Free

Definitions

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.
   countable, uncountable
2. The act of freeing from obscurities; disambiguation.
   countable, uncountable
3. An explanatory comment on, or question about, a point of obscurity.
   countable, uncountable
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.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The clarification of wine.”

“Your ideas deserve clarification.”

“Let me make just one clarification: did he kiss her, or did she kiss him?”

“So, just for clarification, you're saying your Chihuahua ate your homework?”

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