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1. Elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
   "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings";
   - embroidery
    
2. A superfluous ornament
    
3. The act of adding extraneous decorations to something
   - ornamentation

Derived forms: embellishments

Type of: decoration, elaboration, enlargement, expansion, ornament, ornamentation

Encyclopedia: Embellishment