simplification

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

simplification
    n 1: an explanation that omits superfluous details and reduces
         complexity
    2: elimination of superfluous details
    3: the act of reducing complexity [syn: {reduction},
       {simplification}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Simplification \Sim`pli*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. simplification.]
   The act of simplifying. --A. Smith.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

46 Moby Thesaurus words for "simplification":
      allegorization, clarification, cracking, decipherment, decoding,
      demonstration, demythologization, disentanglement, disinvolvement,
      distillation, easing, editing, elucidation, emendation,
      enlightenment, euhemerism, exegesis, exemplification, expediting,
      expedition, explanation, explication, exposition, expounding,
      facilitation, hastening, illumination, illustration, light,
      narrowing, purification, quickening, rationale, reason, refinement,
      simplifying, smoothing, solution, speeding, streamlining,
      stripping, stripping down, uncluttering, unlocking, unscrambling,
      unsnarling