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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  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.
  
     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}.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  explanation
       n 1: 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: {account}]
       2: thought that makes something comprehensible
       3: the act of explaining; making something plain or
          intelligible; "I heard his explanation of the accident"

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