Rationalizing synonyms | verbs

Synonyms for Rationalizing as a Verb

• justify
• reason

  justify
• explain away

  justify
• account for

  justify
• vindicate

  justify
• excuse

  justify
• explain
• defend
• streamline
• reorganize
• modernize
• update
• trim
• hone
• simplify
• downsize
• prune
• cut
• apologize
• resolve
• excise
• deliberate
• elucidate
• extenuate
• think
• reconcile
• cop out
• cop a plea
• apply logic
• give alibi
• intellectualize
• make allowance
• reason out
• think through