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explanation
noun as in clarification; reason
Strongest matches
account, answer, cause, comment, commentary, confession, definition, description, evidence, example, excuse, expression, information, interpretation, justification, meaning, motive, note, report, resolution, sense, statement, story, summary
Strong matches
annotation, breakdown, brief, demonstration, details, display, elucidation, explication, exposition, gloss, history, illustration, mitigation, narration, recital, rendition, showing, significance, specification, tale, talking, telling, vindication, writing
Example Sentences
I bumbled my way through an explanation of not having had my coffee yet and leaving them in the car by mistake.
The admission comes some three weeks after the Supreme Court, without explanation, held that federal agents could continue stopping and arresting people based on race, language and perceived economic status.
I didn’t ask Shires about the nod to the track that was supposedly written for her, an unguarded acoustic number exploring the excitement and anxieties of a fresh passion, but she offered an explanation.
He also gives a lengthy explanation involving the playing cards and days of the year to essentially say that the Joker represents gaps in time, whatever that means.
“We were all wondering and promised an explanation as to why they didn’t go out,” Douglas said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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