It also means explaining diversity within species.
However, undercutting and explaining away are not necessarily the same thing, and exactly what explaining away might mean, and what a successful explaining away might require are typically not clearly specified.
And last week the 92-year-old Mugabe is said to have hinted to a group of war veterans that he would retire "properly", without explaining what that might mean.
His father interrupted to explain what freedom might mean.
Then, they can try to explain what independence might mean for individual families - and to counter their concerns.
While that might mean a successful re-prosecution, McAllen explained that the court's overturning of the Silver conviction is more "fallout from the Supreme Court's pretty short-sighted decision ― really narrowing the standards for corruption convictions".
Marc Porat, chairman and founder of Quiet Solution, explains what this might mean in today's home environment.
Like all workshop directors, Thomas-Schmitt gave the participants phrases to perform, but she also explained what the steps might mean about life.
"Standards differ in different parts of the country," he said, explaining that crud in Utah might mean powder in Michigan.
"Sometimes you'll get an 'I don't know' answer," he explained, "which might be ominous, might mean they don't know or might mean they don't want to tell you".
