rationale
Noun
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(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature) (synset 105801218)
"the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines"referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authorityis a type of: explanation - thought that makes something comprehensiblesubtypes: dialectics - a rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forcessame as: principle
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