enodation

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noun

An unknotting; the act or operation of clearing of knots, or untying.

OriginLatin enodatio →
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Meanings

nounenodation (plural enodations)

plural enodations

  1. An unknotting; the act or operation of clearing of knots, or untying.
  2. broadlyThe solution of a difficulty.

    There is one thing then I apprehend will serve much for the enodation of many difficulties

    1674, J. H., The Middle-Way

Origin

  1. Latinenodatio“explanation”
  2. Englishenodation

From Latin enodatio (“explanation”), from enodare (“to free from knots”). See enode.

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APA

enodation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enodation

MLA

“enodation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enodation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enodation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enodation.

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