>>512576165
also "gas" is one syllable shorter than "petrol" and i'm a bit lazy sometimes teehee

>>512576303
bzz wrong!
>The psychological sense of "to give an explanation that conceals true motives" dates from 1922, on the notion of "cause to appear reasonable or socially acceptable."
initially it was a mathematical term meaning "to express a function rationally"
you want to use "justify" or "reason away"