reason
nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026
A cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event.
Framework senses
- §1
- A cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event.
- §1
- A cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event.
- §1
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
- §2
- a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
- §3
- an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
- §4
- a justification for something existing or happening
- §5
- a rational motive for a belief or action
- §6
- the state of having good sense and sound judgment