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reason
A	noun
	1	reason, understanding, intellect
			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"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚ability; power ╚faculty; mental faculty; module ╚reason, understanding, intellect
	2	reason
			a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion; "there is reason to believe he is lying"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚information ╚fact ╚reason ╚contraindication ╚indication
	3	reason
			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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚explanation; account ╚reason
	4	cause, reason, grounds
			a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚explanation; account ╚justification ╚cause, reason, grounds
	5	reason, ground
			a rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚motivation; motive; need ╚rational motive ╚reason, ground ╚why; wherefore ╚score; account ╚occasion
	6	rationality, reason, reasonableness
			the state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions"
		Category Tree: state ╚condition; status ╚psychological state; mental state ╚mental health ╚sanity; saneness ╚rationality, reason, reasonableness
B	verb
	1	reason
			think logically; "The children must learn to reason"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚reason ╚speculate ╚categorize; categorise ╚calculate; cipher; cypher; compute; work out; reckon; figure ╚ratiocinate ╚theorize ╚theorize ╚rationalize away; rationalise away
	2	reason, reason out, conclude
			decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚reason, reason out, conclude ╚generalize; generalise; extrapolate; infer ╚gather ╚deduce; infer ╚find; feel ╚syllogize; syllogise ╚deduce; infer; deduct; derive ╚induce
	3	argue, reason
			present reasons and arguments
		Category Tree: express; verbalize; verbalise; utter; give tongue to ╚state; say; tell ╚present; represent; lay out ╚argue, reason ╚defend; support; fend for ╚expostulate ╚re-argue

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