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Reason, justification (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rationale

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">reason</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">justification</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that justification can be written as rationale)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for rationale that I've seen before include "Motivation" , "grounds?" , "Why regulate" , "Basis of logic" , "justification" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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