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clarity

[klar-i-tee] Origin

clar·i·ty

[klar-i-tee]
noun
1.
clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
2.
the state or quality of being clear or transparent to the eye; pellucidity: the clarity of pure water.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English clarite < Latin clāritās (see clear, -ity); replacing Middle English clarte < Middle French < Latin as above

un·clar·i·ty, noun


1. intelligibility, exactness, simplicity.

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clarity (ˈklærɪtɪ)
 
n
1.  clearness, as of expression
2.  clearness, as of water
 
[C16: from Latin clāritās, from clārusclear]

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clarity
mid-14c., from O.Fr. clarté, from L. claritatem "clearness," from clarare "make clear."
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