clarification

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).

   Erläuterung, Verdeutlichung

   проясне́ниеprojasnénije, поясне́ниеpojasnénije, объясне́ниеobʺjasnénije

   роз'я́сненняrozʺjásnennja

5. (countable, uncountable)Clarity, transparency, mutual understanding; to be clear.

   So, just for clarification, you're saying your Chihuahua ate your homework?

   осветле́ниеosvetlénije, очище́ниеočiščénije, очи́сткаočístka

   очи́щенняočýščennja, осві́тленняosvítlennja

1. I just wanted clarification.

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2. I just want clarification.

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3. Thanks for the clarification.

   deDanke für die Klarstellung.

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4. We asked Tom for clarification.

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5. Thank you for the clarification.

   Дякую за уточнення.

   ruСпасибо вам за пояснение.

   deDanke für die Klarstellung.

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