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Explanation   /ˌɛksplənˈeɪʃən/   Listen
noun
Explanation  n.  
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)."
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.
Synonyms: Definition; description; explication; exposition; interpretation; detail. See Definition.





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"Explanation" Quotes from Famous Books



... honor. This," continued the Colonel in confidential explanation, "was twenty years ago. I shouldn't have thought of referring to such a trifling circumstance now. ...
— The Gilded Age, Complete • Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
... find some explanation for this rare psychological fact; but at that time I was but an indifferent student of the mind. The land of love was ...
— The Quadroon - Adventures in the Far West • Mayne Reid
... approve of mourning. He said it was a heathen survival." That was the only explanation ...
— The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck - A Comedy of Limitations • James Branch Cabell
... For explanation, see under Scriptural Definition of the Atonement ((II.3, p. 72). The ground of enmity between God and man—whether in the active or passive sense of reconciliation—is removed by Christ's death. The world of mankind is, through the ...
— The Great Doctrines of the Bible • Rev. William Evans
... Wilberfloss. "I insist that you give me a full explanation of this matter. I go away by my doctor's orders for ten weeks, leaving Mr. Windsor to conduct the paper on certain well-defined lines. I return yesterday, and, getting into communication with Mr. Philpotts, what do I find? Why, that in my absence ...
— Psmith, Journalist • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse


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