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[1] |
ground
,
justification
,
argument
,
case
,
explanation
,
rationale
,
ground(s)
,
pretext
,
vindication
,
defence
,
why (and wherefore)
,
(Literary) apologia
,
apology
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[2] |
judgement
,
common sense
,
intelligence
,
sanity
,
sense(s)
,
saneness
,
insight
,
perspicacity
,
percipience
,
understanding
,
rationality
,
reasoning
,
mind
,
intellect
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[3] |
purpose
,
understanding
,
intellect
,
aim
,
intention
,
object
,
objective
,
goal
,
motive
,
end
,
point
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[4] |
excuse
,
rationality
,
reasonableness
,
rationalization
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[5] |
by reason of
,
cause
,
grounds
,
because of
,
on account of
,
owing to
,
by virtue of
,
as a result of
,
due to
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[6] |
within/in reason
,
reasonable
,
sensible
,
justifiable
,
rational
,
fitting
,
proper
,
acceptable
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