Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of unfolding or opening.
  • noun Explanation; especially, an exposition of the meaning of any sentence or passage.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.
  • noun The sense given by an expositor.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.
  • noun The sense given by an expositor.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of making clear or removing obscurity from the meaning of a word or symbol or expression etc.
  • noun a detailed explanation of the meaning of something

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Examples

  • If you really believe as you say, then again, it seems the burden of explication is on you, for you make a claim that flies in the face of the experience of many here.

    Balkinization 2007

  • If you really believe as you say, then again, it seems the burden of explication is on you, for you make a claim that flies in the face of the experience of many here.

    Balkinization 2007

  • If you really believe as you say, then again, it seems the burden of explication is on you, for you make a claim that flies in the face of the experience of many here.

    Balkinization 2007

  • If you really believe as you say, then again, it seems the burden of explication is on you, for you make a claim that flies in the face of the experience of many here.

    Balkinization 2007

  • If you really believe as you say, then again, it seems the burden of explication is on you, for you make a claim that flies in the face of the experience of many here.

    Balkinization 2007

  • If you really believe as you say, then again, it seems the burden of explication is on you, for you make a claim that flies in the face of the experience of many here.

    Balkinization 2007

  • If you really believe as you say, then again, it seems the burden of explication is on you, for you make a claim that flies in the face of the experience of many here.

    Balkinization 2007

  • I daresay there's many "world junkies" whose interest in explication doesn't rule out (i.e. over-ride completely) a liking for exploitative and excusatory modes and their results.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Hal Duncan 2007

  • If you really believe as you say, then again, it seems the burden of explication is on you, for you make a claim that flies in the face of the experience of many here.

    Balkinization 2007

  • If you really believe as you say, then again, it seems the burden of explication is on you, for you make a claim that flies in the face of the experience of many here.

    Balkinization 2007

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