rationalize
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- v defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior
he rationalized his lack of success - v weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- v structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results
We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits - v think rationally; employ logic or reason
When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize - v remove irrational quantities from
This function can be rationalized
- But I have neither tried to rationalize the death of four ((Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms)) agents, and I will not walk away from a compound where ATF agents had been .
- But the Taliban has become so dependent on Bin Laden's own forces and men loyal to him that they may struggle to rationalize giving him up without facing internal disintegration.
- The judicious long view, and postmortem sentiment, will allow critics to ignore or rationalize the dip in the quality of Allen's films from the mid-'90s, or whenever they once .