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    clarity
    clar‧i‧ty AC /ˈklærəti, ˈklærɪti/ noun [uncountable]
     Word Family: noun: clarity, clearance, clearing, clarification, clearness; verb: clear, clarify; adverb: clear, clearly; adjective: clear ≠ unclear
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: Latin
     Origin: claritas, from clarus; ⇨ clear1
    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
    2. the ability to think, understand, or remember something clearly ⇨ clear:
        He had only visited the village once, but remembered it with surprising clarity.
        clarity of vision/purpose/thought etc
        Churchill’s clarity of vision impressed all who knew him.
    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.