REASON
- cause for a belief, act, etc.
- sound judgment
- sanity
- to think or argue logically
- to derive inferences or conclusions from known or presumed facts [v REASONED, REASONING, REASONS]
- to infer
- to induce a change of opinion in (someone) through presentation of arguments; convince
- on account of; because of
- in accord with reason; justifiable; proper
- to be clear, obvious, or logical
- with justification; properly
- to deduct inferences from premises [v -ED, -ING, -S]