/ ɪkˈsplɪkəbl; NAmE ; ˈeksplɪkəbl/ adjective
[ not usually before noun ] ( formal ) that can be explained or understood :
His behaviour is only explicable in terms of (= because of) his recent illness.
OPP inexplicable
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent.: from French , or from Latin explicabilis , from explicare , from ex- out + plicare to fold.