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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Clarification

/klĕrˌ-əf-ək-āsh'-ən/ · Clar·i·fi·ca·tion · IPA /ˌklæɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
01 n. The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine.
  1. 1.
    The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine.
  2. 2.
    The act of freeing from obscurities.
    “The clarification of men's ideas.” Whewell.