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explanation

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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.

That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory explanation.

The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; interpretation; sense.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. Saki

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms. George Eliot

If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world. C. S. Lewis

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless. W. Somerset Maugham

I do not envy people who think they have a complete explanation of the world, for the simple reason that they are obviously wrong. Salman Rushdie

Listen with kindness for a clear explanation. Egyptian Proverb

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