WordNet Dictionary- [n] a detailed explanation of the meaning of something
- [n] the act of making clear or removing obscurity from the meaning of a word or symbol or expression etc.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary\Ex`pli*ca"tion\, n. [L. explicatio: cf. F.
explication.]
1. The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation;
exposition; interpretation.
The explication of our Savior's parables.
--Atterbury.
2. The sense given by an expositor. --Bp. Burnet.