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00896141-v:
show to be right by providing justification or proof
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00893741-v:
exonerate by means of an alibi
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06741305-n:
a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
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07232421-n:
the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible
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06740183-n:
a statement in explanation of some action or belief
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06740402-n:
a justification for something existing or happening
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09178999-n:
a rational motive for a belief or action
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00026571-r:
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
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00411235-n:
use of biological principles in explaining human especially social behavior
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00894738-v:
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
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01241767-n:
the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning
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01722367-a:
incapable of being justified or explained
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01857527-a:
qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses
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05609111-n:
receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasoconstriction and relaxation of intestinal muscles and contraction of smooth muscles)
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05609524-n:
receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasodilation and increased heart beat)
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05888929-n:
a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
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05960925-n:
any of the various theories or doctrines or philosophical systems that attempt to explain the phenomena of the universe in terms of some immanent force or energy
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(philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
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05989479-n:
a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
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a theory that explains scientific observations
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(usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action
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06372680-n:
a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
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a note explaining an absence
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07220045-n:
a report that explains or justifies or recommends some particular policy
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07550204-n:
(psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity
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(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening
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