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noun (n)

• a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.(noun.communication)

  Example:
  The explanation was very simple.
  

  Synonym:
  account
  

  source: wordnet30
• thought that makes something comprehensible(noun.cognition)

  source: wordnet30
• the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible(noun.communication)

  Example:
  I heard his explanation of the accident.
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(noun)

  source: webster1913