reason

IPA: rˈizʌn

A cause:
That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
A motive for an action or a determination.
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.
(logic) A premise placed after its conclusion.
(uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
(obsolete) Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
(mathematics, obsolete) Ratio; proportion.
A surname.

(intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational
(intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
(intransitive, obsolete) To converse; to compare opinions.
(transitive, intransitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
(transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request.
(transitive) To persuade by reasoning or argument.
(transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
(transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.

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