Associations to the word «Rationale»

Wiktionary

RATIONALE, noun. An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something
RATIONALE, noun. A justification or rationalization for something
RATIONALE, noun. A liturgical vestment worn by Christian bishops of various denominations

Dictionary definition

RATIONALE, noun. (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne