explanation, annotation, exegesis, illustration, clarification, elucidation, corollary

explanatory

cause, justification, explanation, causation, excuse, ascribe

justify, give or state the reason of, explain

abstinence, worship, devotion

ridicule, expose to ridicule, deride, mock

ridicule, expose to ridicule, deride, mock

To endorse.

ridiculous

wise, perceptive

caricature, comic article

mockery, mocking, ridicule, derision, laughing at, humiliation

crowding, jostling

backing, support

cooperation, helping each other

the art of gilding, gold-plating, illumination (of manuscripts)

be sharpened, go into a passion

to be refreshed (by)

rational explanation

sabotage, deliberate destruction or damage