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edification
noun
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Divide edification into syllables:

ed · i · fi · ca · tion

How to pronounce edification:

Definition of edification:

edification (noun):
uplifting enlightenment.
an act or process of edifying
the process of teaching, esp. at a school, college, or university

Synonyms for edification:

awareness
building up
comprehension
culture
disillusion
disillusionment
education
elevation
enlightenment
erudition
guidance
improvement
information
instruction
knowledge
learning
literacy
nurture
reading
scholarship
schooling
sophistication
teaching
tuition
uplifting

Antonyms for edification:

benightedness
bewilderment
confusion
destruction
harm
hurt
ignorance
neglect
obfuscation
puzzlement
stupidity
worsening

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