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embellishment

/ɪmˈbɛlɪʃmənt/ noun C2
  1. An act of embellishing. (countable, uncountable)
  2. An added touch; an ornamental addition; a flourish. (countable, uncountable)

Plural embellishments

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Its smell and its colour are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 73 · B2

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