Explication \Ex`pli*ca"tion\, n. [L. explicatio: cf. F. 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 expositor. --Bp. Burnet.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)