Ra`tion*al"i*ty (?), n.; pl. -ties (#). [F. rationalit'e, or L. rationalitas.]

The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.

When God has made rationality the common portion of mankind, how came it to be thy inclosure? Gov. of Tongue.

Well-directed intentions, whose rationalities will never bear a rigid examination. Sir T. Browne.

 

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