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elucidation (s) (noun), elucidations (pl)
The act of explaining or clarifying by making something plain or easier for others to comprehend: The reporter was asked to provide more elucidations so people could understand what he was writing about.

Here is a cartoon that is actually presented as a verb; however, it is used here to help illustrate what the noun means.

To make clear and to explain.
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Word Entries at Get Words: “elucidation”
elucidation, elucidations
An explanation or clarification of something by making it plain and easy for someone else to understand what is going on. (1)
This entry is located in the following unit: Word a Day Revisited Index of Cartoons Illustrating the Meanings of Words (page 34)