Excuse and Reasoning

Excuse

Excuse noun - An explanation that frees one from fault or blame.

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Reasoning and excuse are semantically related in reason topic. In some cases you can use "Reasoning" instead a noun "Excuse".

Nearby Words: excusing, excused, excusable

Reasoning noun - The thought processes that have been established as leading to valid solutions to problems.

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Excuse and reasoning are semantically related in reason topic. Sometimes you can use "Excuse" instead a noun "Reasoning".

Nearby Words: reason, reasonable, reasoned, reasonably

good	good excuse	good reasoning
exact	exact excuse	exact reasoning
similar	similar excuse	similar reasoning
solid	solid excuse	solid reasoning
Other adjectives: legitimate, valid, shallow, poor, actual, real, contrived, weak, little, tragic, main, flimsy, new, less, further, official, different.

She states very clearly that the reasoning that "a girl seems/behaves more like a woman she deserves being assaulted" is no excuse for what Jeff did.

Source: Film / Hard Candy
Orion's ignorance of Commonwealth society and tech gives Ozzie an excuse to pine for it while stuck on the Silfen paths and Hoshe gives Paula a chance to explain her super detective reasoning.

Source: Literature / Pandora's Star
This reasoning does make her one of the more moral Devil Men, but she ends up bottling her instincts to the point that she appears as a different person when she becomes Devilman Lady: enjoying battle, calling foes 'her prey', and becoming one a Horny Devil, excuse the pun.

Source: Manga / Devilman Lady

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