(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:17:47

E*clair"cisse*ment (?), n. [F., fr. 'eclaircir. See Eclaircise, v. t.]

The clearing up of anything which is obscure or not easily understood; an explanation.

The eclaircissement ended in the discovery of the informer. Clarendon.

 

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