RATIONALIZATIONS Synonyms

• an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone

• a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly

• a poor example

• (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

• the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947

• protection from harm

• (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

• the justification for some act or belief

• (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

• the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

• the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

• an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

• a structure used to defend against attack

• a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

• the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

• a note explaining an absence

• a poor example

• accept an excuse for

• grant exemption or release to

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• ask for permission to be released from an engagement

• excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with

• a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.

• thought that makes something comprehensible

• the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible

• something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary

• a statement in explanation of some action or belief

• the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning

• something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason

• an artful or simulated semblance

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening

• the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason

• (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation

• the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency

• systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale

• combining into a solid mass

• the act of combining into an integral whole

• something that has consolidated into a compact mass

• (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)

• thinking that is coherent and logical

• endowed with the capacity to reason

• systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale

• systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale