Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Edulcoration \E*dul`co*ra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]dulcoration.]
   1. The act of sweetening or edulcorating.

   2. (Chem.) The act of freeing from acids or any soluble
      substances, by affusions of water. [R.] --Ure.