Reason

Present reasons and arguments

A rational motive for a belief or action

Synonyms

Ground

Examples

The reason that war was declared

The state of having good sense and sound judgment

Examples

He had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions

Decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion

Derivation

Reasoner

Examples

We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house

The capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

Examples

We are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil

A justification for something existing or happening

Synonyms

Cause

Grounds

Examples

They had good reason to rejoice

A fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion

Type of

Fact

Examples

There is reason to believe he is lying

An explanation of the cause of some phenomenon

Examples

The reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly

Think logically