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motive(noun, action, cause, reason, element)
4
rationalisation
4
rebuttal(noun, return, sign, report, reason)
4
rejoinder(noun, return, sign, report, argument)
4
response(noun, return, sign, report, reason)
4
significance(noun, reason, sense, meaning, description)
4
tale(noun, report, reason, detail, account)
4
theory(noun, support, action, reason, base)
4
version(noun, concept, understanding, report, grasp)
3
acknowledgment(noun, communication, return, sign, report)
3
argument(noun, expression, idiom, style, cause)
3
axiom(noun, support, action, base, suggestion)
3
case(noun, cause, reason, model, excuse)
3
defence
3
delineation(noun, report, detail, account, answer)
3
denotation(noun, force, understanding, report, effect)
3
disclosure(noun, appearance, return, sign, report)
3
echo(noun, return, sign, report, answer)
3
evidence(noun, support, action, sign, reason)
3
explain(verb, state, note, observe, express)
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