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explication
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun explication has 2 senses
- explication(n = noun.communication) - the act of making clear or removing obscurity from the meaning of a word or symbol or expression etc.; is a kind of explanation
- explication(n = noun.communication) - a detailed explanation of the meaning of something; is a kind of account, explanation
Derived form verb explicate1
Derived forms verb explicate2, verb explicate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
explication, n. [L. explicatio: cf. F. explication.].
- The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation. [1913 Webster]"The explication of our Savior's parables." [1913 Webster]
- The sense given by an expositor. Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
explication
Interpretation
N interpretation, definition, explanation, explication, solution, answer, rationale, plain interpretation, simple interpretation, strict interpretation, meaning, translation, rendering, rendition, redition, literal translation, free translation, key, secret, clew, clavis, crib, pony, trot, exegesis, expounding, exposition, hermeneutics, comment, commentary, inference, illustration, exemplification, gloss, annotation, scholium, note, elucidation, dilucidation, eclaircissement, mot d'enigme, symptomatology, semiology, semeiology, semiotics, metoposcopy, physiognomy, paleography, oneirology acception, acceptation, acceptance, light, reading, lection, construction, version, equivalent, equivalent meaning, synonym, paraphrase, metaphrase, convertible terms, apposition, dictionary, polyglot, explanatory, expository, explicative, explicatory, exegetical, construable, polyglot, literal, paraphrastic, metaphrastic, consignificative, synonymous, equivalent, in explanation, that is to say, id est, videlicet, to wit, namely, in other words, literally, strictly speaking, in plain, in plainer terms, in plainer words, in plainer English, more simply.
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