What is sound or reasonable

• logic

  1. Necessary connection or outcome, as through the working of cause and effect
  2. The relationship between elements and between an element and the whole in a set of objects, individuals, principles, or events:
  3. Way of reasoning, whether correct or incorrect

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  1. Necessary connection or outcome, as through the working of cause and effect
  2. The relationship between elements and between an element and the whole in a set of objects, individuals, principles, or events:
  3. Way of reasoning, whether correct or incorrect

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• rationality

  1. The quality or condition of being rational.
  2. A rational belief or practice.
  3. The quality or condition of being rational; reasonableness or the possession or use of reason

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  1. The quality or condition of being rational.
  2. A rational belief or practice.
  3. The quality or condition of being rational; reasonableness or the possession or use of reason

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• rationalness

  1. (Archaic) The quality or state of being rational.

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  1. (Archaic) The quality or state of being rational.

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• reason

  1. A normal mental state; sanity:
  2. Sound thought or judgment; good sense
  3. A fact or cause that explains why something exists or has occurred:

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  1. A normal mental state; sanity:
  2. Sound thought or judgment; good sense
  3. A fact or cause that explains why something exists or has occurred:

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• sense

  1. Natural understanding or intelligence, especially in practical matters:
  2. A meaning that is conveyed, as in speech or writing; signification:
  3. A vague feeling or presentiment:

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  1. Natural understanding or intelligence, especially in practical matters:
  2. A meaning that is conveyed, as in speech or writing; signification:
  3. A vague feeling or presentiment:

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A statement of causes or motives

• account

  1. A report relating to one's conduct:
  2. Worth, standing, or importance:
  3. A basis or ground:

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  1. A report relating to one's conduct:
  2. Worth, standing, or importance:
  3. A basis or ground:

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• explanation

  1. A mutual defining of terms, declaration of motives, etc. to clear up a misunderstanding or settle a dispute
  2. The interpretation, meaning, or sense given in explaining
  3. The act or process of explaining:

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  1. A mutual defining of terms, declaration of motives, etc. to clear up a misunderstanding or settle a dispute
  2. The interpretation, meaning, or sense given in explaining
  3. The act or process of explaining:

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• justification

  1. Something, such as a fact or circumstance, that justifies:
  2. The condition or fact of being justified.
  3. A reason, explanation, or excuse which provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.

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  1. Something, such as a fact or circumstance, that justifies:
  2. The condition or fact of being justified.
  3. A reason, explanation, or excuse which provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.

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• rationalization

  1. (Psychiatry) The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way.
  2. (Mathematics) The simplification of an expression without changing its value.
  3. A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.

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  1. (Psychiatry) The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way.
  2. (Mathematics) The simplification of an expression without changing its value.
  3. A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.

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• reason

  1. A declaration made to explain or justify action, decision, or conviction:
  2. A normal mental state; sanity:
  3. A fact or cause that explains why something exists or has occurred:

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  1. A declaration made to explain or justify action, decision, or conviction:
  2. A normal mental state; sanity:
  3. A fact or cause that explains why something exists or has occurred:

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