explain (redirected from explaining away)

explain verb account for, annotate, assign a meaning to, cause to be understood, clarify, clear of obscurity, decipher, define, demonstrate, describe, disentangle, elucidate, enlighten, enucleate, exemplify, expedire, explicate, exponere, expound, give reason for, illuminate, illustrate, increase clarity, interpret, make clear, make evident, make explicit, make manifest, make plain, manifest, offer an explanation, paraphrase, point out, put across, put in other words, rephrase, restate, reveal, shed light upon, show, simplify, solve, specify, spell out, teach, tell how, throw light upon, translate, unfold, unscramble, untangle

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See also: annunciate, argue, clarify, comment, communicate, comprehend, construe, convey, define, delineate, depict, describe, detail, discourse, discuss, educate, elucidate, enlighten, enunciate, explicate, exposit, expound, illustrate, inform, instruct, interject, interpret, justify, manifest, notify, persuade, rationalize, reason, respond, reveal, review, simplify, solve, speak, specify, support, teach, trace