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41reason — I. n. 1. Intellect, mind, sense, understanding, rational faculty, conception, judgment, intuitional faculty, thinking principle, intellectual powers or faculties, discursive power or faculty. 2. Cause, ground, principle, motive, consideration,… …
42reason — 1. noun 1) the main reason for his decision Syn: cause, ground(s), basis, rationale; motive, motivation, purpose, point, aim, intention, objective, goal; explanation, justification, argument, defense, vindication …
43argue — v 1. debate, discuss, moot, bandy words, sift, Inf. kick around, Sl. hash over; quibble, cavil, nit pick, belabor a point, split hairs, chop logic; reason, ratiocinate, logicize, explain. 2. contend, dispute, disagree, contest, controvert, spar,… …
44debate — n 1. discussion, dispute, disputation, argumentation, polemic, logomachy, war of words; verbal controversy, altercation, wrangle, heated argument, disagreement, dissension, variance, difference of opinion. 2. deliberation, consideration, careful… …
45rationalize — v 1. intellectualize, paralogize, explain away, talk away; invent, make excuses for, construe; justify, vindicate, account for, make acceptable, make allowance for; attribute, ascribe, misapply. 2. reason, deliberate, contemplate, reflect,… …
46reason — n 1. basis, cause, ground, grounds, motive, warrant, occasion, Obs. skill; inducement, inspiration, impetus, incentive; mover, prime mover, agent; instigation, incitement, provocation; stimulation, actuation, fomentation. 2. justification,… …
47conclude — [v1] finish, come to an end achieve, bring down curtain*, call it a day*, cease, cinch, clinch, close, close out, complete, consummate, crown, desist, draw to close, end, halt, knock off, put the lid on*, put to bed*, round off, stop, terminate,… …
48deduce — [v] figure out, understand add up, analyze, assume, be afraid, boil down, cogitate, collect, conceive, conclude, consider, deduct, deem, derive, draw, fancy, figure, gather, glean, have a hunch*, imagine, infer, judge, make, make out, presume,… …
49reason — [n1] mental analysis acumen, apprehension, argumentation, bounds, brain*, brains*, comprehension, deduction, dialectics, discernment, generalization, induction, inference, intellect, intellection, judgment, limits, logic, lucidity, marbles*,… …
50ratiocination — noun 1. the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) • Syn: ↑conclusion • Hypernyms: ↑proposition • Part Holonyms: ↑syllogism • Part Meronyms: ↑ …
