Cause and Rationale

Cause

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

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Rationale and cause are semantically related in thing topic. In some cases you can use "Rationale" instead a noun "Cause".

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

Rationale noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.

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Cause and rationale are semantically related in thing topic. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a noun "Rationale".

human	human cause	human rationale
good	good cause	good rationale
particular	particular cause	particular rationale
common	common cause	common rationale
Other adjectives: original, obvious, actual, entire, real, great, bad, potential, main, possible, different.

The rationale is to deny the civilians the use of farmland for crops and to cause poverty and famine.

Source: Land Mine Goes "Click!"
This makes it easier for the writer to justify the police ignoring all other evidence and possible suspects, but is counter-intuitive: what instinct or rationale could cause a normal human being to touch such a horrible object, let alone pick it up?

Source: The Corpse Stops Here

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