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  • 121excuse — Synonyms and related words: abject apology, absolution, absolve, acknowledgment, acquit, acquittal, acquittance, alibi, alibi out of, allow, amnesty, apologize for, apology, basis, be blind to, blind, breast beating, cause, clear, clearance,… …

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  • 122explanation — Synonyms and related words: abstraction, accomplishment, account, allegorization, analysis, answer, ascertainment, body of theory, case, case in point, cause, clarification, clearance, clearing, clearing up, commentary, construction, cracking,… …

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  • 123pretext — Synonyms and related words: acting, affectation, alibi, allege, alternative, appearance, attitudinizing, avow, bluff, bluffing, camouflage, cheating, choice, claim, cloak, color, coloring, cover, cover story, deception, delusion, disguise,… …

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  • 124rationale — Synonyms and related words: account, allegorization, clarification, cracking, decipherment, decoding, demonstration, demythologization, editing, elucidation, emendation, enlightenment, euhemerism, excuse, exegesis, exemplification, explanation,… …

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  • 125aim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. purpose, intention, goal, end. v. point, direct; aspire to, try for. See direction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. intention, object, plan; see purpose 1 . See Synonym Study at purpose . • take aim, Syn.… …

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  • 126answer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. serve, suit, avail, do; atone (for). See sufficiency, atonement, answer. II Response Nouns 1. answer, response, reply, rescript; acknowledgment; rebuttal, riposte, rejoinder, return, retort;… …

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  • 127view — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sight; panorama, vista, prospect, scene; inspection, survey; purpose, aim; viewpoint, angle; opinion, belief, notion; appearance, aspect. See visibility. v. t. see; survey, scan; watch, witness;… …

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  • 128rationale — n. Reason, cause, theory, exposition, explanation, solution, the why and the wherefore, the reason why, theoretical explanation, theoretical solution …

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