Usually means: Clarification of how or why.
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  1. explanation: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. explanation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. explanation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. explanation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. explanation: Vocabulary.com
  6. Explanation, explanation: Wordnik
  7. explanation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. explanation: Wiktionary
  9. explanation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. explanation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. explanation: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Explanation, explanation: Dictionary.com
  13. explanation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. explanation: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Explanation (poem), Explanation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Explanation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. explanation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. explanation: Rhymezone
  19. explanation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. explanation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. explanation: Free Dictionary
  22. explanation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. explanation: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. explanation: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  2. Philosophy of Mind (No longer online)
  3. Literary Criticism (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. explanation: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Explanation: Cybernetics and Systems
  2. explanation: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Ethical Terms (No longer online)
  2. explanation: Glosario de términos filosóficos (en inglés)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The act or process of explaining.
noun:  Something that explains, makes understandable.
noun:  A resolution of disputed points pursuant to discussion; a mutual clarification of disputed points; reconciliation.

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