# Faithful Decontextualization Faithful decontextualization turns a context-dependent statement into an independently intelligible form without changing what the source actually asserts. The operation may restore a subject, replace a local pointer, clarify scope, or supply a conclusion already warranted by the surrounding passage. It must not widen a claim beyond the evidence or convert implication into assertion. Atomic Markdown records author-made examples of this operation as paired contextual and autonomous surface realizations. Related: [[wiki/Context Independence|Context Independence]], [[wiki/Transformational Extraction|Transformational Extraction]], [[wiki/Ground Truth Annotation|Ground Truth Annotation]], [[wiki/Surface Realization|Surface Realization]].