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   explanation

   /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a statement or account that makes something clear: "the birth rate is central to any explanation of population trends" Similar clarificationsimplificationdescriptionreportversionstatementelucidationexpositionexpoundingexplicationdelineationglossinterpretationdecipheringdecodingtranslationcommentaryexegesisdemonstrationillustrationresolutionsolutioninformal:the why and wherefore
   • ▪ a reason or justification given for an action or belief: "Freud tried to make sex the explanation for everything" Similar accountreasonjustificationexcusealibiapologiarationalizationrationaledefencevindicationmitigationrare:extenuation

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin explanatio(n-), from the verb explanare (see explain).

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