Словарь синонимов английского языка - reason

(n) 1. justification, argument, case, explanation, rationale, ground(s), pretext, vindication, defence, why (and wherefore), Literary apologia, apology: What reason did they give for confiscating our luggage? 2. judgement, common sense, intelligence, sanity, sense(s), saneness, insight, perspicacity, percipience, understanding, rationality, reasoning, mind, intellect: He must have lost his reason to accuse you of embezzlement. 3. purpose, aim, intention, object, objective, goal, motive, end, point: His reason for leaving now is to be on time for the curtain. 4. excuse, rationalization: Ignorance of the law is not an accepted reason for breaking it. 5. by reason of. because of, on account of, owing do, by virtue of, as a result of; due to: He was declared unfit to stand trial by reason of insanity. 6. within or in reason. reasonable, sensible, justifiable, rational, fitting, proper, acceptable: We will consider any offer for the house that is within beason. -(v) 7. think, conclude, calculate, reckon, estimate, figure (out), work out, deduce, act or think rationally or logically, ratiocinate, use (one's) judgement or common sense, use (one's) head, put two and two together: I reasoned that she would be arriving at the station at that very moment. Roy certainly hasn't lost his powers of beasoning. 8. beason with. argue with, remonstrate with, debate with, discuss with, talk over with, plead with, convince; persuade, dissuade, urge, prevail upon: George is very stubborn and can't be reasoned with.