Definition:
- (n.) A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination; proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a conclusion; principle; efficient cause; final cause; ground of argument.
- (n.) The faculty or capacity of the human mind by which it is distinguished from the intelligence of the inferior animals; the higher as distinguished from the lower cognitive faculties, sense, imagination, and memory, and in contrast to the feelings and desires. Reason comprises conception, judgment, reasoning, and the intuitional faculty. Specifically, it is the intuitional faculty, or the faculty of first truths, as distinguished from the understanding, which is called the discursive or ratiocinative faculty.
- (n.) Due exercise of the reasoning faculty; accordance with, or that which is accordant with and ratified by, the mind rightly exercised; right intellectual judgment; clear and fair deductions from true principles; that which is dictated or supported by the common sense of mankind; right conduct; right; propriety; justice.
- (n.) Ratio; proportion.
- (n.) To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.
- (n.) Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue.
- (n.) To converse; to compare opinions.
- (v. t.) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss; as, I reasoned the matter with my friend.
- (v. t.) To support with reasons, as a request.
- (v. t.) To persuade by reasoning or argument; as, to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan.
- (v. t.) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons; -- with down; as, to reason down a passion.
- (v. t.) To find by logical processes; to explain or justify by reason or argument; -- usually with out; as, to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon.
Compare reason with other words:
focus vs. reason
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intent vs. reason
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geason vs. reason
reason vs. season
philosophy vs. reason
reason vs. tradition
rationalize vs. reason
diplomatic vs. reason
fact vs. reason
reason vs. trigger
reason vs. speculate
reason vs. source
feeling vs. reason
evidence vs. reason
dude vs. reason
conscience vs. reason
precept vs. reason
love vs. reason
intention vs. reason
important vs. reason
disadvantage vs. reason
dementation vs. reason
needsly vs. reason
reason vs. syllogize
intellective vs. reason
encheason vs. reason
insight vs. reason
function vs. reason
aim vs. reason
rationalization vs. reason
pretext vs. reason
dispute vs. reason
radicalism vs. reason
legislation vs. reason
javanese vs. reason
factor vs. reason
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cancel vs. reason
cat vs. reason
guy vs. reason
emotion vs. reason
liar vs. reason
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ration vs. reason
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object vs. reason
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canis vs. reason
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ora vs. reason
basque vs. reason
dog vs. reason
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reason vs. support
character vs. reason
harmony vs. reason
faith vs. reason
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choplogical vs. reason
rationalism vs. reason
rationality vs. reason
reason vs. senseful
irrationally vs. reason
reason vs. senility
noetic vs. reason
freethinker vs. reason
reason vs. unfounded
motivation vs. reason
fang vs. reason
denote vs. reason
reason vs. word
bad vs. reason
book vs. reason
demonstrate vs. reason
canine vs. reason
fijian vs. reason
illustrated vs. reason
hyphen vs. reason
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logic vs. reason
reason vs. result
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madly vs. reason
reason vs. reasoning
causal vs. reason
discursive vs. reason
reason vs. reasonably
reason vs. sentimental
controvert vs. reason
obscene vs. reason
objection vs. reason
excogitate vs. reason
reason vs. sensible
reason vs. sensation
reason vs. specifically
noumenon vs. reason
dianoetic vs. reason
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disputation vs. reason
brute vs. reason
intellect vs. reason
reason vs. stoicism
proof vs. reason
occasion vs. reason
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otiose vs. reason
nous vs. reason
reason vs. token
reason vs. sense
hence vs. reason
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justify vs. reason
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conquer vs. reason
out vs. reason
overcome vs. reason
down vs. reason
persuade vs. reason
reason vs. request
debate vs. reason
examine vs. reason
discuss vs. reason
opinion vs. reason
converse vs. reason
argue vs. reason
proposition vs. reason
formulate vs. reason
confute vs. reason
conclusion vs. reason
convince vs. reason
ratiocinate vs. reason
induction vs. reason
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deduce vs. reason
inference vs. reason
exercise vs. reason
reason vs. unreason
reason vs. reasonless
reason vs. reasonist
reason vs. reasonableness
rationale vs. reason
proportion vs. reason
ratio vs. reason
justice vs. reason
intuition vs. reason
reason vs. reasonable
deduction vs. reason
judgment vs. reason
conception vs. reason
capacity vs. reason
cognitive vs. reason
consideration vs. reason
reason vs. think
reason vs. thought
excuse vs. reason
reason vs. sake
arbitrary vs. reason
reason vs. why
infer vs. reason
account vs. reason
lose vs. reason
reason vs. right
argument vs. reason
mind vs. reason
gratuitous vs. reason
reason vs. relegate
example vs. reason
anticipate vs. reason
purpose vs. reason
motive vs. reason
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because vs. reason