1) An explanation 2) Explanation 3) French word used in English 4) The act of explicating 1) Clarification 2) Interpretation 
• (n.) The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation. • (n.) The sense given by an expositor.
Ex`pli·ca'tion noun [ Latin explicatio : confer French 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 e...
[n] - the act of making clear or removing obscurity from the meaning of a word or symbol or expression etc. 2. [n] - a detailed explanation of the meaning of something
noun a detailed explanation of the meaning of something
(Ger. Auslegung) In Husserl: Synthesis of identification between a confused, non-articulated (internally indistinct, unseparated) sense and a subsequently intended distinct, articulated, sense. The latter is the explicate (Explikat) of the former. See Explanation. -- D.C.
the act of explicating. · an explanation; interpretation: He gave a brilliant explication of James Joyce's book.
a detailed discussion of the meaning of something