Rationale

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Fundamental reasons; the basis.
  • n. An exposition of principles or reasons.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. an explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something
  • n. a justification or rationalization for something
  • n. a liturgical vestment worn by Christian bishops of various denominations
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An explanation or exposition of the principles of some opinion, action, hypothesis, phenomenon, or the like; also, the principles themselves.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The rational basis or motive of something; that which accounts for or explains the existence of something; reason for being.
  • n. A rational explanation or statement of reasons; an argumentative or theoretical account; a reasoned exposition.
  • n. Same as rational, 2.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    explanation   
    Hyponym
    dialectics   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rationalization    reasoning   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Al    Cal    Chagall    Duval    Gal   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    motivation    justification    underpinnings    presupposition    ramification   
     
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