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decoration

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The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament.

Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.

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But, after all, the aim of art is to create space - space that is not compromised by decoration or illustration, space within which the subjects of painting can live. Frank Stella

She well knew the great architectural secret of decorating her constructions, and never condescended to construct a decoration. Anthony Trollope

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration. E. M. Forster

Prayer is not a pious decoration of life but the breath of human existence. Henri Nouwen

Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away. Ismail Haniyeh

A red lacquer dish needs no decoration. Japanese Proverb

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