Explanation

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  • noun. The act or process of explaining.
  • noun. Something that explains.
  • noun. A mutual clarification of misunderstandings; a reconciliation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of explaining.
  • noun. The process of showing by reasoning or investigation the causal or logical antecedents or conditions of some thing or event which is to be accounted for; specifically, the making clear by reasoning how certain observed or admitted facts may have been brought about by the action of known principles, if a certain supposition is allowed; the unification of a confused mass of facts, by means of a single known or supposed fact from which they would all necessarily or probably result.
  • noun. That which is adduced as explaining or seeming to explain; specifically, a meaning or interpretation assigned; the sense given by an expounder or interpreter.
  • noun. An inquiry into language used, actions, or motives, with a view to adjust a misunderstanding and reconcile differences; hence, reconciliation or reëstablishment of good understanding between persons who have been at variance.
  • noun. Synonyms Explication, elucidation, description.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible.
  • noun. That which explains or makes clear.
  • noun. The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; interpretation; sense.
  • noun. A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a view to adjust a misunderstanding, and reconcile differences; reconciliation; agreement.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act or process of explaining
  • noun. Something that explains, makes understandable
  • noun. An excuse, apologetic justification not based on enough evidence
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
  • noun. thought that makes something comprehensible
  • noun. the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible
  • Word Usage
    "He does not agree with those catechetical writers who maintain that the pastor, in his catechization, must confine himself to an explanation of _Luther's explanation_."
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