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Verb
S: (v) rationalize, rationalise (structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results) "We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits"
S: (v) apologize, apologise, excuse, rationalize, rationalise (defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning) "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
W: (n) apology [Related to: apologise] (a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly)
W: (n) apology [Related to: apologise] (an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone) "he wrote a letter of apology to the hostess"
W: (adj) excusatory [Related to: excuse] (offering or expressing apology) "an apologetic note"; "an apologetic manner"
W: (n) excuse [Related to: excuse] (a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.) "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
W: (n) rationalization [Related to: rationalize] (the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason)
W: (n) rationalisation [Related to: rationalise] (the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason)
S: (n) rationalization, rationalisation ((psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening)
S: (n) rationalization, rationalisation ((mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation)
S: (n) rationalization, rationalisation (the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency)