| imagine(verb, study, consider, resolve, reason) |
| judge(verb, study, consider, resolve, reason) |
| justify(verb, deliberate, excuse, vindicate) |
| logicize |
| make allowance(verb, expression, deliberate, excuse, justify) |
| meditate(verb, study, consider, resolve, reason) |
| mull(verb, study, consider, resolve, reason) |
| mull over(verb, expression, study, consider, resolve) |
| muse(verb, study, consider, resolve, reason) |
| philosophize |
| ponder(verb, study, consider, resolve, reason) |
| provide a rationale(expression, idiom) |
| reason out(verb, expression, deliberate, excuse, justify) |
| reconcile(verb, deliberate, excuse, justify, vindicate) |
| reflect(verb, study, consider, resolve, reason) |
| resolve(verb, study, consider, reason, think) |
| revolve(verb, study, consider, resolve, reason) |
| ruminate(verb, study, consider, resolve, reason) |
| sort out(verb, expression, study, consider, resolve) |
| speculate(verb, study, consider, resolve, reason) |