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1 to explain

2 to justify

3 to defend (a point of view etc)

4 to provide an explanation

5 to try to defend oneself

1 to put out

2 to come up with

3 to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)

4 to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)

5 to draw (conclusion)

6 to deliver (speech, judgment)

7 to devise (explanation)

8 to extract

1 to allow no explanation

1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)

1 explicit explanation

2 to specify

1 to listen to the next chapter for an explanation

1 to make a story or theory consistent

2 to give a plausible explanation

3 to plug the holes in one's story

1 answer

2 explanation

3 solution (to a math equation)

1 misinterpretation

2 mistaken explanation

1 exegesis

2 explanation of classic text

1 to seek an answer

2 to look for an explanation

3 to explain

4 explanation

1 true explanation

2 genuine reason

1 the meaning of sth

2 an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases

3 definition

4 an interpretation (of doctrine)

5 religious doctrine

1 demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation

2 curious coincidence

1 the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation

2 curious coincidence

1 a brief explanation

2 to summarize

1 to offer an explanation

2 to plead innocence

3 to try to defend oneself

1 reassuring explanation

2 consolatory words