explanation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: explanation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
explanation 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" Synonym(s): explanation, account thought that makes something comprehensible the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible; "I heard his explanation of the accident"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Explanation \Ex`plana"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}.