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Definition of Demand for explanation
1. Noun. A challenge to defend what someone has said.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demand For Explanation
Literary usage of Demand for explanation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1883)
"But if the demand for explanation came from men—he did not care who they were,
or in what condition they carried on their miserable policy—who asked for it ..."
2. Manual of International Law for the Use of Navies, Colonies and Consulates by Jan Helenus Ferguson (1884)
"... provided the demand for redress has been preceded by a demand for explanation,
couched in the proper language of respect and decorum. ..."
3. Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshall Arthur, Duke of by Arthur Wellesley Wellington (1867)
"... vious demand for explanation, is - quite distinct from any that we have lately
had under consideration, whether relating to the conduct of or that of ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1846)
"The plain construction to be put on the silence of the Lahore government, in
reply to the demand for explanation, evidently was, that the intentions of that ..."
5. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1838)
"... to address a similar demand to Mr. Gholson, during the Extra Session (when
the latter gentleman, though he refused to notice a demand for explanation ..."
6. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by United States President (1896)
"... should a law be passed injurious to the dignity of another nation—in all these
and other similar cases a demand for explanation would be respectfully ..."
7. Present Philosophical Tendencies: A Critical Survey of Naturalism, Idealism by Ralph Barton Perry (1912)
"For many minds, and, during a considerable period, even for the scientific mind,
the demand for explanation has been satisfied by the reference of an event ..."
8. Notes on Duels and Duelling: Alphabetically Arranged, with a Preliminary by Lorenzo Sabine (1859)
"... had, in obedience to his duty, declined a hostile demand for explanation in
a manner in which the committee can discover no cause of offence ; had, ..."
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