enlargement

Etymology

enlarge + -ment

noun

1. An act or instance of making something larger.
   Rick was ashamed about the size of his penis, so he had a penis enlargement.
2. (figurative) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
   Bathsheba underwent the enlargement of her husband's absence from hours to days with a slight feeling of surprise, and a slight feeling of relief; yet neither sensation rose at any time far above the level commonly designated as indifference. 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p.337
3. An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.
4. (obsolete) Freedom from confinement; liberty.
5. Diffuseness of speech or writing; a speaking at length.
   Briefly, a discourse generally consists in some prefatory remarks which pave the way as it were for the enlargement upon which a speaker usually enters when he speaks to any purpose. 1897, Peter Joseph Cooke, Forensic Eloquence, page 40