clarity

[klar-i-tee]

noun

clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.

the state or quality of being clear or transparent to the eye; pellucidity: the clarity of pure water.

Origin of clarity

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

Related formsun·clar·i·ty, noun

Synonyms for clarity

1. intelligibility, exactness, simplicity.

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British Dictionary definitions for unclarities

clarity

noun

clearness, as of expression

clearness, as of water

Word Origin for clarity

C16: from Latin clāritās, from clārus clear

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Word Origin and History for unclarities

clarity

c.1300, clarte "brightness," from Old French clarté "clarity, brightness," from Latin claritas "brightness, splendor," also, of sounds, "clearness;" figuratively "celebrity, renown, fame," from clarare "make clear," from clarus "clear" (see clear (adj.)). Modern form is early 15c., perhaps a reborrowing from Latin. Meaning "clearness" is from 1610s.