clearing

The act or process of making or becoming clear.

An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.

Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges[…]: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us.

An open space in the fog etc.

A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.

A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.