The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - interpretationn.

1) explanation, clarification, elucidation, simplification, decipherment, solution, working-out, unravelling, sorting out, decoding, definition, illustration, translation, paraphrasing: Sharon's detailed interpretation of the data is quite easy to understand. 2) analysis, diagnosis, examination, exegesis, explication, reading, construal, inference, understanding: These figures are subject to individual interpretation.