EXPLAINING Synonyms

• clarifying by use of examples

• a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic

• tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

• to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors)

• a speech act that conveys information

• an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious

• give an education to

• create by training and teaching

• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

• make clear and (more) comprehensible

• make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

• make plain and comprehensible

• elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

• become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

• disentangle

• become undone

• marked by complexity and richness of detail

• developed or executed with care and in minute detail

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

• produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product

• make more complex, intricate, or richer

• work out in detail

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

• a note explaining an absence

• a poor example

• accept an excuse for

• grant exemption or release to

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• ask for permission to be released from an engagement

• excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with

• make plain and comprehensible

• elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

• state

• reconnaissance (by shortening)