Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
the act of making clear or removing obscurity from the meaning of a word or symbol or expression etc.;
2.
a detailed explanation of the meaning of something;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Explication \Ex`pli*ca"tion\, n. [L. explicatio: cf. F.
explication.]
1. The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation;
exposition; interpretation.
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The explication of our Savior's parables.
--Atterbury.
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2. The sense given by an expositor. --Bp. Burnet.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
explication
n 1: the act of making clear or removing obscurity from the
meaning of a word or symbol or expression etc.
2: a detailed explanation of the meaning of something