- Explanation - The act of justifying or the state of being
justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law,
justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments
in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits
justification. - The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason
why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to
answer. - The act of justifying, or the state of being
justified, in respect to God's requirements. - Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it
exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place;
also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment.
- Explanation - Interpretation - A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which
elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one
example may serve for further elucidation of the subject.
- Account - Account in words - Explanation - Portrayal - The act of describing; a delineation by marks or
signs. - A sketch or account of anything in words; a
portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the
essential qualities of a thing or species. - A class to which a certain representation is
applicable; kind; sort.