Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Embellishment \Em*bel"lish*ment\, n. [Cf. F. embellissement.]
   1. The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned;
      adornment.

            In the selection of their ground, as well as in the
            embellishment of it.                  --Prescott.

   2. That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration;
      as, pictorial embellishments.

            The graces and embellishments of the exterior man.
                                                  --I. Taylor.

Source : WordNet®

embellishment
     n 1: elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative
          (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been
          heightened by many embellishments in subsequent
          retellings" [syn: {embroidery}]
     2: a superfluous ornament
     3: the act of adding extraneous decorations to something [syn:
        {ornamentation}]