| motive(noun, action, cause, reason, excuse) |
| object(noun, cause, plan, desire, aim) |
| objective(noun, purpose, planned, intention, intent) |
| occasion(noun, cause, start, consideration, basis) |
| palliation(noun, reason, approval, argument, explanation) |
| palliative(noun, defeat, reason, approval, argument) |
| plea(noun, reason, trick, approval, argument) |
| point(noun, purpose, planned, objective, intention) |
| pretext(noun, cause, reason, trick, approval) |
| principle(noun, action, plan, desire, reason) |
| proof(noun, cause, reason, consideration, basis) |
| rationale(noun, action, cause, reason, approval) |
| rationalization(noun, action, cause, reason, trick) |
| rebuttal(noun, reason, approval, argument, explanation) |
| redemption(noun, reason, approval, argument, explanation) |
| reply(noun, reason, approval, argument, explanation) |
| response(noun, reason, approval, argument, explanation) |
| salvation(noun, reason, approval, argument, explanation) |
| sanctification(noun, defeat, reason, approval, argument) |
| song and dance(noun, expression, idiom, action, cause) |