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reason

/ˈɹiːzən/
noun
  1. A cause:

  2. Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.

    "Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues."

  3. Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.

Synonymsmotive, rationale, cause, excuse
verb
  1. To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational

  2. To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.

  3. To converse; to compare opinions.

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