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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; ME clarite < L clāritās (see clear, -ity ); r. ME clarte < MF < L as above


1. intelligibility, exactness, simplicity.
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clar·i·ty   (klār'ĭ-tē)   
n.  
  1. Clearness of appearance: the clarity of the mountain air.

  2. Clearness of thought or style; lucidity: writes with clarity and perception.


[Middle English clarite, brightness, from Latin clāritās, clearness, from clārus, clear; see clear.]
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Word Origin & History

clarity 
c.1340, from O.Fr. clarté, from L. claritatem "clearness," from clarare "make clear."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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