Design
Design noun - A method worked out in advance for achieving some objective.
Justification and design are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Justification" instead a noun "Design".
Justification
Justification noun - An explanation that frees one from fault or blame.
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Design and justification are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Design" instead a noun "Justification".
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No such justification is given for the equally old T'varo-class light warbird, whose T5 version is surprisingly deadly for a 250-year-old design.
Source: Video Game / Star Trek Online -
There's typically a lame attempt at justification for this in the form of a letter lying around that will note that the person who designed the place was insane, but why the person was hired to design a secret high-tech laboratory isn't addressed.
Source: Solve the Soup Cans - There's also an easy story justification when monsters are involved: simply put, they are all modified forms of one design, pressed from a single mold, created by the same spell or, in the case of the first generation of Imperial Storm Troopers, cloned from the same guy.
Source: Monogender Monsters
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