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Meaning of EXPLICATION

Pronunciation:  `eksplu'keyshun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a detailed explanation of the meaning of something
  2. [n]  the act of making clear or removing obscurity from the meaning of a word or symbol or expression etc.
 
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 See Also: account, explanation

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ex`pli*ca"tion\, n. [L. explicatio: cf. F.
explication.]
1. The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation;
   exposition; interpretation.
         The explication of our Savior's parables.
                                               --Atterbury.
2. The sense given by an expositor. --Bp. Burnet.
 
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