Exegesis

n.	1.	Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.
	2.	(Math.) The process of finding the roots of an equation.

Noun

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exegesis - an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible)

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