It is finished or completed: a word formerly inserted at the conclusion of a book, in the same way as finis. See etymology.
noun.
The concluding words of a book or section of a book. See the quotation under incipit.
Open to the understanding; express; clear; not obscure or ambiguous: opposed to implicit: as, explicit instructions.
Plain; open; unreserved; having no disguised meaning or reservation; outspoken: applied to persons: as, he was explicit in his terms.