• the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with Reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"
• a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion; "there is Reason to believe he is lying"
• an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon; "the Reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly"
• a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good Reason to rejoice"
• a rational motive for a belief or action; "the Reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"
• the state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on Reason than on rousing their emotions"
• think logically; "The children must learn to Reason"
• decide by Reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We Reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"
• present Reasons and arguments

'Reason' in other languages