Defense
Rationale
Rationale noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.
Usage example: the rationale for starting the school day an hour later is that kids will supposedly get an extra hour of sleep
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Defense and rationale are semantically related in reason topic. Sometimes you can use "Defense" instead a noun "Rationale".
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In an aversion, Dredd's defense counsel maintains that CCTV footage of Dredd supposedly murdering someone is too low-res to be admitted into evidence, on the rationale that his face cannot be seen at the angle in question, Dredd never speaks, and his uniform could be a forgery.
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