Embellishment
[n] the act of adding extraneous decorations to something
[n] a superfluous ornament
[n] elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"
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acciaccatura, adjunct, adornment, appoggiatura, arabesque, arrangement, beauties, beautification, bedizenment, cadence, cadenza, color, color patterns, coloratura, coloring, colors, colors of rhetoric, decor, decoration, development, division, duplication