Term: rationale: (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
Candidate hypernym: psychological feature: a feature of the mental life of a living organism → 1
Candidate hypernym: clarion: a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone → 0
Candidate hypernym: authority: (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others → 0
Candidate hypernym: origin: an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events → 0
Candidate hypernym: police matron: a woman policeman → 0
Candidate hypernym: waterproof: any fabric impervious to water → 0
Candidate hypernym: funny story: an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line) → 0
Candidate hypernym: precipice: a very steep cliff → 0
Candidate hypernym: death mask: a cast taken from the face of a dead person → 0
Candidate hypernym: airfield: a place where planes take off and land → 0
Candidate hypernym: cyprinodontidae: large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies → 0