explanation

[ek-spluh-ney-shuhn] / ˌɛk spləˈneɪ ʃən /

NOUN

clarification; reason

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

annotation breakdown brief demonstration details display elucidation explication exposition gloss history illustration mitigation narration recital rendition showing significance specification tale talking telling vindication writing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorance question quiet silence

STRONG

concealment hiding vagueness

WEAK

complication

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The study, published in AGU Advances, offers a new explanation for how lakes could have existed without a warm climate and why ancient Martian lake beds appear so well preserved today.

From Science Daily

Many of these require more explanation, and that will be a topic for another article.

From MarketWatch

Their eyes light up as they offer lengthy, detailed explanations of the challenges to modern journalism—why it’s dying, why nothing works.

From The Wall Street Journal

Its 12-paragraph public explanation of its decision to fine X in December seemed consistent with that.

From The Wall Street Journal

The basic facts of the collision "suggest a ship unaware of the ship ahead" and that was the "most likely" explanation, he added.

From BBC

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