Rationale
Crossword Clue and Answers

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Publications

  • USA Today - Thursday, 26 Nov 2020

Crossword Answers

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WHY
The cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'

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BASIS
The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

LOGIC
Reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"

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MOTIVE
The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"

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THINKING
The process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"

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REASONING
Endowed with the capacity to reason

PRINCIPLE
Rule of personal conduct

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EXPOSITION
A systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic

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EXPLANATION
Thought that makes something comprehensible