CLARIFICATION

clearing, clarification

(noun) the act of removing solid particles from a liquid

clarification, elucidation, illumination

(noun) an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; “the professor’s clarification helped her to understand the textbook”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

clarification (countable and uncountable, plural clarifications)

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 feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.

The act of freeing from obscurities.

Source: Wiktionary

Clar`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition