Explicit

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj A word formerly used (as finis is now) at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.

II. Explicit ·adj Having no disguised meaning or reservation; unreserved; outspoken;

— applied to persons; as, he was earnest and explicit in his statement.

III. Explicit ·adj Not implied merely, or conveyed by implication; distinctly stated; plain in language; open to the understanding; clear; not obscure or ambiguous; express; unequivocal; as, an explicit declaration.

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