a cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event.
the minister resigned for personal reasons
同义词：
causegroundsgroundbasisrationalemotivemotivationpurposepointaimintentionobjectivegoaloccasionimpetusinducementincentiveexplanationjustificationcaseargumentdefenseapologyvindicationexcusepretextrationalizationwarrantthe whys and whereforesapologia
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the power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic.
there is a close connection between reason and emotion
think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic.
humans do not reason entirely from facts
同义词：
think rationallythink logicallythink straightuse one's minduse one's common senseuse one's headuse one's brainthink things throughcogitateintellectualizecalculatecome to the conclusionconcludereckonthinkconsiderbe of the opinionbe of the viewjudgededuceinfersurmiseinformal：put on one's thinking caprare：cerebrateratiocinatelogicizeinformal：figure
