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| reason(noun, action, end, drive, cause) | |
| motivation(noun, action, charge, feeling, drive) | |
| cause(noun, charge, cause, start, reason) | |
| grounds(noun, action, cause, reason, object) | |
| stimulus(noun, charge, feeling, drive, cause) | |
| ground(noun, cause, start, reason, challenge) | |
| basis(noun, cause, start, reason, idea) | |
| inducement(noun, charge, drive, cause, desire) | |
| object(noun, end, cause, point, reason) | |
| purpose(noun, end, cause, reason, object) | |
| aim(noun, end, cause, reason, use) | |
| consideration(noun, cause, reason, piece, object) | |
| end(noun, cause, reason, use, design) | |
| incitement(noun, charge, feeling, drive, cause) | |
| mainspring(noun, cause, start, reason, idea) | |
| root(noun, cause, reason, idea, object) | |
| stimulation(noun, charge, feeling, cause, pleasure) | |
| account(noun, action, cause, reason, base) | |
| determinant(noun, cause, reason, object, base) | |
| impulse(noun, charge, feeling, drive, cause) |
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