Justified and Rational

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Justified adjective - Based on sound reasoning or information.

Usage example: in a well-justified ruling the court voted unanimously to overturn the law

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Rational and justified are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rational" instead an adjective "Justified".

Rational adjective - Based on sound reasoning or information.

Usage example: betting all of your savings on the lottery is not a rational move

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Justified and rational are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Justified" instead an adjective "Rational".

In Frank Robinson's run on the book, he introduces the Quiet Man, who reasons for attacking the FF make Doom look justified and rational.

Source: Disproportionate Retribution / Comic Books
The last one is the most justified and rational way to do it, as we'd naturally know more about the inventions and limitations of real and famous historical people, and there must have been any number of real instances (within reason) in history of this kind of thing occurring.

Source: A Wizard Did It
Justified in that time, as mentioned in the accompanying letter, women were supposed to be decorative rather than rational.

Source: Literature / The Rape of the Lock

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