| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | claritas, from clarus; CLEAR1 |
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clar‧i‧ty
[uncountable]
[uncountable]1 the clarity of a piece of writing, law, argument etc is its quality of being expressed clearly [↪ clear]:
Letters may be edited for length and clarity.
a lack of clarity in the law on property rights
Letters may be edited for length and clarity.
a lack of clarity in the law on property rights2 the ability to think, understand, or remember something clearly [↪ clear]:
He had only visited the village once, but remembered it with surprising clarity.
He had only visited the village once, but remembered it with surprising clarity.3 the quality of being clear and easy to see or hear [↪ clear]:
The picture was of such clarity that it could have been a photograph.
The picture was of such clarity that it could have been a photograph.