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Clarification

The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine.

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Improvement 76% connected

The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of th…

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Interpretation 76% connected

The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream…

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Clarify 74% connected

To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup.

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Clarify 74% connected

To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup.

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Clear 74% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Clear 74% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Clearing 92% connected

of Clear

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Elucidation 92% connected

A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for fur…

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Illumination 92% connected

The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Construction noun · 86% connection

an interpretation of a text or action; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"

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Exegesis noun · 86% connection

an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible)

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Exposition noun · 86% connection

a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic

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Expounding noun · 86% connection

a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic

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Misinterpretation noun · 86% connection

putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"

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Mistaking noun · 86% connection

putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"

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Misunderstanding noun · 86% connection

putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"

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Popularization noun · 86% connection

an interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable

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Reading noun · 86% connection

a particular interpretation or performance; "on that reading, it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart"

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Reconstruction noun · 86% connection

an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence

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Twist noun · 86% connection

an interpretation of a text or action; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"

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Version noun · 86% connection

an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint; "his version of the fight was different from mine"

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Battle noun · 85% connection

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chattanooga"; "he…

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Conflict noun · 85% connection

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chattanooga"; "he…

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Engagement noun · 85% connection

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chattanooga"; "he…

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Fight noun · 85% connection

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chattanooga"; "he…

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Assault noun · 84% connection

close fighting during the culmination of a military attack

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Combat noun · 84% connection

an engagement fought between two military forces

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Beryl noun · 78% connection

A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green…

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Bright adjective · 78% connection

Transmitting light; clear; transparent.

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Crystal adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of, or like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid; crystalline.

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Declaratory adjective · 78% connection

Making declaration, explanation, or exhibition; making clear or manifest; affirmative; expressive; as, a clause declaratory of the wil…

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Defecate verb · 78% connection

To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine.

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Deflectionization noun · 78% connection

The act of freeing from inflections.

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Dehydration noun · 78% connection

The act or process of freeing from water; also, the condition of a body from which the water has been removed.

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Dehydrogenation noun · 78% connection

The act or process of freeing from hydrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of hydrogen.

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Deliverance noun · 78% connection

The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive.

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Denitrification noun · 78% connection

The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen.

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Dephosphorization noun · 78% connection

The act of freeing from phosphorous.

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Depuration noun · 78% connection

The act or process of depurating or freeing from foreign or impure matter, as a liquid or wound.

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Desilverization noun · 78% connection

The act or the process of freeing from silver; also, the condition resulting from the removal of silver.

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Diaphanous adjective · 78% connection

Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear.

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