exegesis

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
exegesis
    n 1: an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of
         the Bible)
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Exegesis \Ex`e*ge"sis\, n.; pl. {Exegeses}. [NL., fr.Gr. ?,fr. ?
   to explain, interpret; ? out + ? to guide, lead, akin, to ?
   to lead. See {Agent}.]
   1. Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical
      explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Math.) The process of finding the roots of an equation.
      [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "exegesis":
      allegorization, annotation, apparatus criticus, clarification,
      comment, commentary, commentation, construction, cracking,
      decipherment, decoding, demonstration, demythologization, editing,
      elucidation, emendation, enlightenment, euhemerism,
      exemplification, explanation, explication, expose, exposition,
      expounding, footnote, gloss, illumination, illustration,
      interpretation, light, notation, note, note of explanation,
      rationale, reason, scholium, simplification, solution, unlocking,
      word of explanation
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