'Explanation' definitions:
Definition of 'explanation'
(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: explanation, account]
noun
Thought that makes something comprehensible
noun
The act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible; "I heard his explanation of the accident"
Definition of 'Explanation'
From: GCIDE
- Explanation \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory explanation. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; interpretation; sense. [1913 Webster]
- Different explanations [of the Trinity]. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'explanation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstraction,
- accomplishment,
- account,
- allegorization,
- analysis,
- answer,
- ascertainment,
- body of theory,
- case,
- case in point,
- cause,
- clarification,
- clearance,
- clearing,
- clearing up,
- commentary,
- construction,
- cracking,
- criticism,
- decipherment,
- decoding,
- definition,
- delineation,
- demonstration,
- demythologization,
- denouement,
- description,
- destigmatization,
- destigmatizing,
- determination,
- disclosure,
- disentanglement,
- doctrinairism,
- doctrinality,
- doctrinarity,
- editing,
- elucidation,
- emblem,
- emendation,
- end,
- end result,
- enlightenment,
- euhemerism,
- example,
- exculpation,
- excuse,
- exegesis,
- exemplar,
- exemplification,
- explication,
- exponent,
- expose,
- exposition,
- expounding,
- finding,
- finding-out,
- grounds,
- illumination,
- illustration,
- instance,
- interpretation,
- issue,
- justification,
- key,
- light,
- meaning,
- mere theory,
- motive,
- object lesson,
- outcome,
- pretense,
- pretext,
- purgation,
- purging,
- rational ground,
- rationale,
- rationalization,
- reason,
- reason why,
- rehabilitation,
- reinstatement,
- relevant instance,
- representative,
- resolution,
- resolving,
- restoration,
- result,
- riddling,
- signification,
- simplification,
- solution,
- solving,
- sorting out,
- speculation,
- stated cause,
- symbol,
- tentative explanation,
- the big idea,
- the idea,
- the whatfor,
- the wherefore,
- the why,
- theoretic,
- theoretical basis,
- theoretical structure,
- theoretics,
- theoria,
- theoric,
- theorization,
- theory,
- type,
- typical example,
- underlying reason,
- unified theory,
- unlocking,
- unraveling,
- unriddling,
- unscrambling,
- unspinning,
- untangling,
- untwisting,
- unweaving,
- upshot,
- vindication,
- working,
- working-out