Usually means: Justification of state political actions.
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  1. raison d'etat: Merriam-Webster
  2. raison d'etat: Wiktionary
  3. raison d'etat, raison detat: Dictionary.com

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  1. Political (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Raison d'etat)

noun:  Alternative form of raison d'état [A state interest, especially when invoked as politically superior to moral or even legal considerations.]


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