n. 25B6; noun
a floodlamp provided illumination : LIGHT, lighting, radiance, gleam, glow, glare; shining, gleaming, glowing; poetic/literary illumining, irradiance, lucency, lambency, effulgence, refulgence.
the illumination of a manuscript : DECORATION, illustration, embellishment, adornment, ornamentation.
these books give illumination on the subject : CLARIFICATION, elucidation, explanation, revelation, explication.
moments of real illumination : ENLIGHTENMENT, insight, understanding, awareness; learning, education; formal edification.