enodation
English
Etymology
From Latin enodatio (“explanation”), from enodare (“to free from knots”). See enode.
Noun
enodation (plural enodations)
- An unknotting; the act or operation of clearing of knots, or untying.
- (by extension) The solution of a difficulty.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for enodation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)