Reason
Present reasons and arguments
A rational motive for a belief or action
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
Has types
Derivation
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
A fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
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
Has types
Examples
The children must learn to reason