Definitions for: Explanation


[n] thought that makes something comprehensible
[n] a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"
[n] the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible; "I heard his explanation of the accident"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ex`pla*na"tion, n. [L. explanatio: cf. OF.
esplanation.]
1. The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the
act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible;
as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a
contract or treaty.

2. That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory
explanation.

3. The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it;
definition; interpretation; sense.

Different explanations [of the Trinity]. --Bp.
Burnet.

4. A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a
view to adjust a misunderstanding, and reconcile
differences; reconciliation; agreement; as, to come to an
explanation.

Syn: Definition; description; explication; exposition;
interpretation; detail. See Definition.

Synonyms: account

See Also: accounting, base, basis, cerebration, cornerstone, definition, derivation, deriving, elucidation, etymologizing, explication, exposition, foundation, fundament, gloss, groundwork, intellection, interpretation, interpretation, interpreting, justification, key, mentation, natural history, principle, rationale, rationalisation, rationalization, reason, rendering, rendition, rubric, simplification, speech act, statement, theory, thinking, thought

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