| NOUN | cognition | rationale, principle | (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature) |
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| Sounds | rae.shahnae'l | |
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| Rhymes | Al / AL ... Vidal: 16 rhymes with ael... | |
| Meaning | (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature). | |
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| Example | "the rationale for capital punishment" | |
| Synonym | principle | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Narrower | dialectics | A rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forces |
| Broader | explanation | Thought that makes something comprehensible |
| Catalan | fonament, principi | |
| Spanish | fundamento, principio | |
| Verbs | ratiocinate | reason methodologically and logically |