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explication

exp·li·ca·tion

US/ˌɛksplʌˈkeɪʃʌn/ uncommon dated formal

noun

1.

the act of making clear or removing obscurity from the meaning of a word or symbol or expression etc.

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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French explication and its etymon Latin explicātiō, explicātiōnem. By surface analysis, explicate + -ion.

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