1) Account 2) Explanation 3) French word used in English 1) Generalization 2) Oversimplification 
In propositional logic, simplification (equivalent to conjunction elimination) is a valid immediate inference, argument form and rule of inference which makes the inference that, if the conjunction A and B is true, then A is true, and B is true. The rule makes it possible to shorten longer proofs by deriving one of the conjuncts of a conjunction o...
• (n.) The act of simplifying.
Sim`pli·fi·ca'tion noun [ Confer French simplification .] The act of simplifying. A. Smith. 
[n] - a explanation that omits superfluous details and reduces complexity 2. [n] - elimination of superfluous details
noun elimination of superfluous details