# Verbosity

> The degree to which pervasive defensive checks add verbosity and clutter to the code.

Record: `lexicon:verbosity`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-verbosity

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Strict Validation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/strict-validation.md) and before [Ad-Hoc Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/ad-hoc-design.md).

## Category

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/error-handling-resilience.md)

## In tension with

- [Defensive Programming](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/defensive-programming.md)
- [Defensive Programming / Verbosity](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/defensive-programming-verbosity.md)

## Linked from

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-error-handling-resilience.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)