- apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, 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"
--1 is one way to defend, support, fend for
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun rationalization1
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- cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise - weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
--2 is one way to eliminate, get rid of, do away with
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- 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"
--3 is one way to organize, organise
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- rationalize, rationalise - think rationally; employ logic or reason; "When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize"
--4 is one way to think, cogitate, cerebrate
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- rationalize, rationalise - remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized"
--5 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun rationalization3
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