Dictionary entry

Clarification

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Clar′i‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. clarification, L. clarificatio glorification.] 1. The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine.

2. The act of freeing from obscurities.

The clarification of men's ideas.

Whewell.