What is the meaning of enlightening?

verb

• Make understand.
  • usage: "Can you enlighten me-I don't understand this proposal"
  • synonyms: enlighten, edify
• Give spiritual insight to; in religion.
  • synonyms: enlighten, irradiate
• Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.
  • usage: "Could you clarify these remarks"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
  • synonyms: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate

adjective

• Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance.
  • usage: "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture"
  • synonyms: informative, illuminating
• Enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement.
  • usage: "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read"
  • synonyms: edifying