enodation

English

Etymology

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

Noun

enodation (plural enodations)

1. An unknotting; the act or operation of clearing of knots, or untying.
2. (by extension) The solution of a difficulty.
   • 1674, J. H., The Middle-Way:

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

References

• “enodation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.