Definition of deduction

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Deduction (n.) Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend..

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Discount :: Discount (v. t.) A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money..
Generalization :: Generalization (n.) The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars.
Insight :: Insight (n.) Power of acute observation and deduction; penetration; discernment; perception.
Argue :: Argue (v. t.) To prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference, deduction, or reasoning..
Consequentially :: Consequentially (adv.) With just deduction of consequence; with right connection of ideas; logically.
Rebate :: Rebate (n.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties..
Believe :: Believe (n.) To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine..
Inference :: Inference (n.) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
Residuum :: Residuum (n.) That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue.
Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
Deduction :: Deduction (n.) That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.
Elimination :: Elimination (n.) The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction. [See Eliminate, 4.].
Reason :: Reason (n.) To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.
Derivement :: Derivement (n.) That which is derived; deduction; inference.
Dock :: Dock (v. t.) To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages..
Unfalcated :: Unfalcated (a.) Having no deductions; not curtailed, or shortened; undiminished..
Gross :: Gross (superl.) Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to net..
Inference :: Inference (n.) That which inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
Deducibly :: Deducibly (adv.) By deduction.
Misconsequence :: Misconsequence (n.) A wrong consequence; a false deduction.
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