elucidation

Noun

elucidation (countable and uncountable, plural elucidations)

1. A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration
   • The essay might, undoubtedly, have been rendered much more complete by a collection of a greater number of facts in elucidation of the general argument.1798, Thomas Malthus., An Essay on the Principle of Population
   • At a time like the present when Eastern æsthetics are attracting the attention of scholars in all quarters, and particularly when the great field of Buddhist art is coming more into focus, a view of a little-known aspect of this subject may perhaps be the humble means of assisting in the...1912, Percy Brown, Picturesque Nepal