Keeping
Rationale
Rationale noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.
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Synonyms for Rationale
Keeping and rationale are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keeping" instead a noun "Rationale".
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Later, in the third season Margaret her supervisor explains a similar rationale was behind her keeping the tattoo on her own back.
Source: Series / Sons of Anarchy -
Their rationale for doing this is that by keeping Midgard a "no man's land" for the gods and giants, it will stop the mortal realm from becoming their battlefield.
Source: Manhwa / Ragnarok -
Ariel Jardell in Ariel invokes this as her rationale for keeping her Secret Diary in an ordinary spiral notebook with her school stuff.
Source: Hidden in Plain Sight
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