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Definition of: explanation
(ek′splə·nā′shən) noun
1. The act or means of explaining; elucidation.
2. Meaning; significance; sense.
3. The process of settling a disagreement, or reconciling a difference, by explaining the circumstances; reconciliation. See synonyms under DEFINITION. [<L explanatio, -onis <explanare. See EXPLAIN.]
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