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plural of embellishment
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1
something that decorates or beautifies
- a colorful mobile is just the embellishment that the soon-to-be nursery needs
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2
the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts
- the actor's penchant for embellishment suggests that his memoirs would be more appropriately shelved in the fiction section
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“Embellishments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embellishments. Accessed 19 Aug. 2022.
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