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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Explication

/ĕkˌ-splək-āsh'-ən/ · Ex·pli·ca·tion · IPA /ˌɛkspləkˈeɪʃən/
01 n. The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.
  1. 1.
    The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.
    “The explication of our Savior's parables.” Atterbury.
  2. 2.
    The sense given by an expositor.