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Noun

reason (countable and uncountable, plural reasons)

1. That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
   • The reason this tree fell is that it had rotted.

   Synonyms:

   occasion

2. A motive for an action or a determination.
   • He made reason with his boss about taking a day off.

   Synonyms:

   occasion, rationale, motive

3. An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
   • I have forgotten the reason he gave for not travelling by air. I felt sure that it was not the correct reason, and that he suffered from a heart trouble which he kept to himself.1966, Graham Greene, The Comedians, Penguin Classics, →ISBN, page 14

   Synonyms:

   occasion, excuse

4. A premise placed after its conclusion.

   Synonyms:

   occasion

5. (uncountable) 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.
6. (obsolete) Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
   • 16th century Edmund Spenser, Lines on his Promised Pension
     I was promised, on a time, To have reason for my rhyme.

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