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raison d’être

rai·son d'ê·tre [ rày zawn déttrə ] (plural rai·sons d'ê·tre [ rày zawn déttrə ])


noun 
Definition:
 
reason for living: something that gives meaning or purpose to somebody's life, or the justification for something's existence

[< French, "reason for being"]
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