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clarification

  • /ˌklæɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ Canada, US, UK
  • /ˌklɛɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
  • /ˌklæɹɪfɪˈkæɪʃən/ Australia

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French clarification, from Latin clārificātiō.

noun clarifications

  1. countable, uncountable 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. The clarification of wine.
  2. countable, uncountable The act of freeing from obscurities; disambiguation. Your ideas deserve clarification.
  3. countable, uncountable An explanatory comment on, or question about, a point of obscurity. Let me make just one clarification: did he kiss her, or did she kiss him?
  4. countable, uncountable 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).
  5. countable, uncountable, in the phrase for clarification Clarity, transparency, mutual understanding; to be clear. So, just for clarification, you're saying your Chihuahua ate your homework?

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: clearing, elucidation, refine, clear, lighting, clearer, clarity, light, elaboration, insight, illustration, enlightenment, detail, guidance, nuance, elucidate

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Every language

noun physical clarification (wine, butter, etc.)

Españolclarificación
Portuguêsclarificação
Françaisclarification
Italianochiarificazione
Ελληνικάδιαύγαση diávgasi
Русскийосветле́ние osvetlénije, очище́ние očiščénije, очи́стка očístka
العربيةتَرْوِيق tarwīq, تَصْفِيَة taṣfiya

noun clarification of ideas, meaning, etc

Españolclarificación, aclaración, esclarecimiento
हिन्दीस्पष्टीकरण spaṣṭīkraṇ
Portuguêsclarificação
Françaisclarification
DeutschErläuterung, Verdeutlichung
Italianochiarimento, chiarificazione
Ελληνικάδιευκρίνιση diefkrínisi, αποσαφήνιση aposafínisi
Românăclarificare
Русскийпроясне́ние projasnénije, поясне́ние pojasnénije, объясне́ние obʺjasnénije, разъясне́ние razʺjasnénije
العربيةتَوْضِيح tawḍīḥ

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"clarification." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/clarification. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{clarification_2026,
  title = {clarification},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clarification},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}