Term: rational motive: a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument
Candidate hypernym: motivation: the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior → 1
Candidate hypernym: bane: something causing misery or death → 0
Candidate hypernym: pony: a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) → 0
Candidate hypernym: face lift: a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes → 0
Candidate hypernym: vespertilionidae: the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world → 0
Candidate hypernym: habanera: a Cuban dance in duple time → 0
Candidate hypernym: gearbox: the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed → 0
Candidate hypernym: stamp tax: a tax collected by requiring a stamp to be purchased and attached (usually on documents or publications) → 0
Candidate hypernym: inferior cerebral vein: veins that drain the undersurface of the cerebral hemispheres and empty into the cavernous and transverse sinuses → 0
Candidate hypernym: response: a result → 0
Candidate hypernym: sigh: a sound like a person sighing → 0