explication

noun

a detailed explanation of the meaning of something

the act of making clear or removing obscurity from the meaning of a word or symbol or expression etc.

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The word explication breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root plic-, from Latin plico (“fold”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.