WordNet
demand for explanation
n. a challenge to defend what someone has said [syn: calling into question]
Usage examples of "demand for explanation".
Of course there were reasons an admiral wouldn't get into all the issues even on a tightbeam transmission, but she had expected something, some demand for explanation .
Of course there were reasons an admiral wouldn't get into all the issues even on a tightbeam transmission, but she had expected something, some demand for explanation .
The waking had been abrupt, a touch and a whispered command, her demand for explanation ignored.
F'lar paid no attention to R'gul's stammered demand for explanation.