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72 entries under argument topic. ×
| reason(noun, action, good, feeling, understanding) | |
| justification(noun, action, cause, reason, case) | |
| explanation(noun, action, cause, report, reason) | |
| excuse(noun, action, cause, reason, base) | |
| grounds(noun, concept, action, philosophy, cause) | |
| basis(noun, concept, action, understanding, philosophy) | |
| motive(noun, action, cause, reason, object) | |
| rationalization(noun, action, cause, reason, explain) | |
| account(noun, action, cause, report, reason) | |
| cause(noun, reason, object, base, call) | |
| pretext(noun, cause, reason, base, call) | |
| case(noun, action, cause, reason, idea) | |
| exposition(noun, action, cause, report, account) | |
| foundation(noun, concept, understanding, philosophy, cause) | |
| hypothesis(noun, concept, action, understanding, philosophy) | |
| idea(noun, concept, understanding, philosophy, cause) | |
| interpretation(noun, report, reason, account, suggestion) | |
| occasion(noun, cause, reason, object, base) | |
| why(noun, cause, reason, idea, case) | |
| why and wherefore(noun, expression, idiom, action, cause) |
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