Associations to the word «Elucidation»

Wiktionary

ELUCIDATION, noun. A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject.

Dictionary definition

ELUCIDATION, noun. An act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on.
ELUCIDATION, noun. An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne