reason
nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026
A cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event.
polysemousNERC CIP-005-5 (Electronic Security Perimeters) v5
Senses
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the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
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a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
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an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
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a justification for something existing or happening
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a rational motive for a belief or action
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the state of having good sense and sound judgment
Classifications
Entity Type
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Sensitivity
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Information Class
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Variants
- synonym
- causegroundreasonablenessunderstanding
- alternatephrasing
- Reason
- plural
- reasons
- possessive
- reason's
- pluralpossessive
- reasons'