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Definition of explicable adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

explicable

 adjective
adjective
NAmE//ɪkˈsplɪkəbl//
 
, NAmE//ˈɛksplɪkəbl//
 
[not usually before noun] (formal)
 
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that can be explained or understood His behavior is only explicable in terms of (= because of) his recent illness. opposite inexplicable explain verbexplanation nounexplanatory adjectiveexplicable adjective (≠inexplicable)
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