explication
nounEtymology Borrowed from Middle French explication, from Latin explicātiō, explicātiōnem.
1
The act of opening or unfolding.
- Her anthemic "Who Stands For Life" is a powerful explication of what it means to be "pro-life".1991 August 24, Caroline Foty, “It's The End Of The Year As We Know It”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 6, page 10:
3
The sense given by an expositor.
- Derived terms
- misexplication
- Related terms
- explicate, explicator, explicit