rational motive a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument
occasion reason; "there was no occasion for complaint"
account,
score the quality of taking advantage; "she turned her writing skills to good account"
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the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"
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a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion; "there is reason to believe he is lying"
fact a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case"
indication something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary; "there were indications that it was time to leave"
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an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon; "the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly"
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the state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions"
feel,
find be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"; "She felt sad after her loss"
deduce,
infer reason by deduction; establish by deduction
gather conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your homework"
rationalise away,
rationalize away substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of; "you can rationalize away all the strange noises you hear--there is no poltergeist in the house!"
theorize form or construct theories; "he thinks and theorizes all day"
theorize form or construct theories; "he thinks and theorizes all day"
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The reason this tree fell is that it had rotted.
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A motive for an action or a determination.
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The reason I robbed the bank was that I needed the money.
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If you don't give me a reason to go with you, I won't.
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An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
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Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue.
Reason is a mental faculty found in humans, that is able to generate conclusions from assumptions or premises. In other words, it is amongst other things the means by which rational beings propose specific reasons, or explanations of cause and effect. In contrast to reason as an abstract noun, a reason is a consideration which explains or justifies.
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reason The ability for rational thought.
reason To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.
reason A fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion.
reason A justification for something existing or happening.
