Hypertext Webster Gateway: "explication"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
explication
n : an explanation of the meaning of something
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