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Noun: rationale  `ra-shu'năl
  1. (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
    "the rationale for capital punishment"
    - principle

Derived forms: rationales

See also: ratiocinate

Type of: explanation

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