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explanation synonyms

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  • ABCs
  • annal
  • blow by blow
  • bulletin
  • chronicle
  • detail
  • explanation
  • history
  • lowdown
  • make
  • narration
  • narrative
  • comment
  • commentary
  • definition
  • elucidation
  • exegesis
  • explanation
  • explication
  • footnote
  • gloss
  • glossary
  • illustration
  • interpretation
  • Band-Aid
  • acknowledgment
  • antiphon
  • back talk
  • backcap
  • close
  • comeback
  • comment
  • cooler
  • counterclaim
  • crack
  • defense
  • basket case
  • crackup
  • disintegration
  • disruption
  • failure
  • mishap
  • nervous prostration
  • neurasthenia
  • neurosis
  • psychasthenia
  • abrupt
  • bluff
  • blunt
  • boiled down
  • breviloquent
  • brusque
  • compendiary
  • compendious
  • concise
  • crisp
  • curt
  • hasty
  • account
  • agency
  • aim
  • antecedent
  • author
  • basis
  • beginning
  • causation
  • consideration
  • creator
  • determinant
  • doer
  • animadversion
  • annotation
  • backtalk
  • buzz
  • comeback
  • commentary
  • crack
  • criticism
  • dictum
  • discussion
  • editorial
  • elucidation
  • annotation
  • appreciation
  • comment
  • consideration
  • criticism
  • critique
  • description
  • discourse
  • exegesis
  • explanation
  • exposition
  • gloss
  • acknowledgment
  • admission
  • affirmation
  • allowance
  • assenting
  • assertion
  • avowal
  • concession
  • declaration
  • disclosing
  • disclosure
  • divulgence
  • analogue
  • annotation
  • answer
  • characterization
  • clarification
  • clue
  • comment
  • commentary
  • cue
  • delimitation
  • delineation
  • demarcation
  • affirmation
  • confirmation
  • description
  • evidence
  • exhibition
  • explanation
  • exposition
  • expression
  • illustration
  • induction
  • manifestation
  • presentation
  • ABCs
  • blow by blow
  • brief
  • characterization
  • chronicle
  • confession
  • declaration
  • definition
  • delineation
  • depiction
  • detail
  • explanation
  • fine points
  • minutiae
  • particulars
  • specifics
  • technicalities
  • act
  • affectation
  • arrangement
  • array
  • arrayal
  • blaze
  • bravura
  • dash
  • demonstration
  • example
  • exhibit
  • exhibition
  • clarification
  • commentary
  • definition
  • explanation
  • affirmation
  • attestation
  • averment
  • cincher
  • clincher
  • clue
  • confirmation
  • corroboration
  • cue
  • data
  • declaration
  • demonstration
  • archetype
  • case
  • case history
  • case in point
  • citation
  • copy
  • excuse
  • exemplar
  • exemplification
  • for instance
  • ideal
  • illustration
  • alibi
  • apology
  • cleanup
  • cop-out
  • cover
  • cover story
  • coverup
  • defense
  • disguise
  • evasion
  • expedient
  • extenuation
  • account
  • answer
  • brief
  • clarification
  • decipherment
  • description
  • details
  • elucidation
  • exegesis
  • exposition
  • illumination
  • interpretation
  • account
  • analysis
  • annotation
  • article
  • comment
  • commentary
  • composition
  • construal
  • construction
  • critique
  • delineation
  • details
  • announcement
  • argument
  • articulation
  • assertion
  • asseveration
  • choice of words
  • commentary
  • communication
  • declaration
  • definition
  • delivery
  • diction
  • appearance
  • brightness
  • brilliance
  • burnish
  • facade
  • finish
  • front
  • glaze
  • gleam
  • glint
  • glossiness
  • luster
  • ancient times
  • antiquity
  • bygone times
  • days of old
  • days of yore
  • good old days
  • old days
  • olden days
  • past
  • yesterday
  • yesteryear
  • analogy
  • case
  • case history
  • case in point
  • clarification
  • elucidation
  • example
  • explanation
  • for instance
  • instance
  • interpretation
  • model
  • advice
  • ammo
  • break
  • chapter and verse
  • clue
  • confidence
  • counsel
  • cue
  • data
  • dirt
  • dope
  • dossier
  • analysis
  • apprehension
  • assimilation
  • awareness
  • clarification
  • comprehension
  • discernment
  • explanation
  • grasp
  • grip
  • insight
  • judgment
  • absolution
  • account
  • acquittal
  • advocacy
  • answer
  • apologia
  • apology
  • approval
  • argument
  • basis
  • confirmation
  • defense
  • acceptation
  • allusion
  • bearing
  • bottom line
  • connotation
  • content
  • context
  • definition
  • denotation
  • drift
  • effect
  • essence
  • cure
  • extenuation
  • moderation
  • reduction
  • relief
  • remission
  • aim
  • antecedent
  • basis
  • cause
  • consideration
  • design
  • determinant
  • drive
  • emotion
  • end
  • feeling
  • grounds
  • account
  • anecdote
  • explanation
  • narrative
  • recital
  • recountal
  • recounting
  • rehearsal
  • relation
  • report
  • story
  • storytelling
  • character
  • degree
  • figure
  • flat
  • indication
  • interval
  • key
  • lick
  • mark
  • natural
  • pitch
  • representation
  • account
  • concert
  • description
  • detailing
  • enumeration
  • fable
  • musical
  • musicale
  • narration
  • performance
  • portrayal
  • presentation
  • arrangement
  • construction
  • delivery
  • depiction
  • execution
  • interpretation
  • performance
  • portrayal
  • presentation
  • reading
  • rendering
  • transcription
  • address
  • announcement
  • article
  • blow by blow
  • brief
  • broadcast
  • cable
  • chronicle
  • communication
  • communique
  • declaration
  • description
  • aim
  • boldness
  • constancy
  • courage
  • dauntlessness
  • decidedness
  • decision
  • declaration
  • dedication
  • doggedness
  • earnestness
  • energy
  • faculty
  • feel
  • function
  • hearing
  • impression
  • kinesthesia
  • sensation
  • sensibility
  • sensitivity
  • sight
  • smell
  • taste
  • display
  • exhibit
  • exhibition
  • production
  • acceptation
  • bottom line
  • connotation
  • drift
  • force
  • heart
  • implication
  • import
  • intendment
  • kicker
  • meat
  • message
  • blueprint
  • condition
  • designation
  • detail
  • item
  • particular
  • particularization
  • spec
  • stipulation
  • term
  • ABCs
  • account
  • acknowledgment
  • affidavit
  • affirmation
  • allegation
  • announcement
  • articulation
  • aside
  • asseveration
  • assurance
  • averment
  • adventure
  • allegory
  • anecdote
  • apologue
  • article
  • autobiography
  • beat
  • biography
  • book
  • chronicle
  • cliffhanger
  • comedy
  • arbitrary
  • boiled down
  • breviloquent
  • brief
  • compact
  • compacted
  • compendiary
  • compendious
  • condensed
  • cursory
  • curt
  • hasty
  • account
  • anecdote
  • fable
  • fairy tale
  • fiction
  • folk tale
  • legend
  • myth
  • narration
  • narrative
  • novel
  • relation
  • articulating
  • chattering
  • conversing
  • discussing
  • echoing
  • eloquent
  • enunciating
  • expressing
  • mouthing
  • orating
  • pronouncing
  • ranting
  • cogent
  • considerable
  • conspicuous
  • convincing
  • crucial
  • decisive
  • devastating
  • effectual
  • forceful
  • forcible
  • important
  • impressive
  • compurgation
  • exoneration
  • extenuating circumstances
  • justification
  • mitigating circumstances
  • revenge
  • substantiation
  • autograph
  • calligraphy
  • chirography
  • cuneiform
  • hand
  • handwriting
  • hieroglyphics
  • longhand
  • manuscription
  • print
  • scrawl
  • scribble

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