Reason

verb

'rizən

Noun

a rational motive for a belief or action
“the reason that war was declared”
Similar:Ground
the state of having good sense and sound judgment
“he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions”
Similar:RationalityReasonableness
Type of:SanitySaneness
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”
Similar:Intellect Understanding
Type of:ModuleFaculty
a justification for something existing or happening
“they had good reason to rejoice”
Similar:CauseGrounds
Type of:Justification
a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
“there is reason to believe he is lying”
Type of:Fact
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”
Type of:ExplanationAccount

decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
“We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house”
Similar:Conclude
Type of:CogitateCerebrateThink
think logically
“The children must learn to reason”
Type of:CerebrateCogitateThink
present reasons and arguments
Similar:Argue
Type of:RepresentPresent