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apologize: defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" cut: weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results; "We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits" think rationally; employ logic or reason; "When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize" remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized"
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| rationalize |
to pretend that one
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