[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible:to explain an obscure point.Synonyms: explicate Antonyms: confuse", "to make known in detail:to explain how to do something.", "to assign a meaning to; interpret :How can you explain such a silly remark?", "to make clear the cause or reason of; account for:I cannot explain his strange behavior.Synonyms: justify"]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to give an explanation ."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["to diminish or nullify the significance of by explanation:He couldn't explain away his absence from home at the time the robbery was committed.to dispel (doubts, difficulties, etc.) by explanation:She explained away the child's fears.", "to diminish or nullify the significance of by explanation:He couldn't explain away his absence from home at the time the robbery was committed.", "to dispel (doubts, difficulties, etc.) by explanation:She explained away the child's fears."]}]