deduction

Main Entry:
deduction [dih-duhk-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: conclusion, understanding
Synonyms: answer, assumption, cogitation, concluding, consequence, consideration, contemplation, corollary, deliberation, derivation, finding, illation, inference, inferring, judgment, meditation, mulling, musing, opinion, pondering, ratiocination, reasoning, reflection, result, rumination, sequitur, speculation, thinking, thought
Antonyms: confusion
Main Entry: allowance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: discount; concession
Synonyms: accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, admission, advantage, cut, deduction, rebate, reduction, sanction, sufferance, toleration
Main Entry: baby
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: infant
Synonyms: angelface, babe, bairn, bambino, bundle, buttercup, button, cherub, chick, child, crawler, deduction, dividend, dumpling, kid, little angel, little darling, little doll, little one, newborn, nipper, nursling, papoose, preemie, suckling, tad, toddler, tot, write-off, youngster
Antonyms: adolescent, adult
Main Entry: belief
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: putting regard in as true
Synonyms: acceptance, admission, assent, assumption, assurance, avowal, axiom, certainty, conclusion, confidence, conjecture, conviction, credence, credit, deduction, divination, expectation, faith, fancy, feeling, guess, hope, hypothesis, idea, impression, intuition, judgment, knowledge, mind, mindset, notion, opinion, persuasion, position, postulation, presumption, presupposition, profession, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theorem, theory, thesis, thinking, trust, understanding, view
Antonyms: disbelief
Main Entry: conclusion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: judgment, decision
Synonyms: agreement, conviction, corollary, deduction, determination, illation, inference, opinion, ratiocination, resolution, resolve, sequitur, settlement, verdict
Antonyms: concept, theory
Main Entry: dialectic
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: logic, reasoning
Synonyms: argumentation, contention, debate, deduction, discussion, disputation, forensic, logical argument, mooting, persuasion, polemics, question-and-answer method, ratiocination
Notes: a dialect is geographical or social variety of speech, whereas dialectic is a form of reasoning or argumentation that focuses on resolving contradictions
Main Entry: diminution
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lessening, reduction
Synonyms: abatement, alleviation, contraction, curtailment, cut, cutback, decay, decline, decrease, deduction, retrenchment, weakening
Antonyms: development, enlargement, expansion, growth, increase
Main Entry: discount
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: reduction in cost
Synonyms: abatement, allowance, commission, concession, cut, cut rate, decrease, deduction, depreciation, diminution, drawback, exemption, knock-off, markdown, modification, percentage, premium, qualification, rebate, remission, rollback, salvage, something off, subtraction, tare
Antonyms: increase, mark-up, premium, rise
Main Entry: economy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: saving, frugality
Synonyms: abridgement, austerity, care, carefulness, caution, curtailment, cutback, decrease, deduction, direction, discretion, husbandry, layoff, meanness, miserliness, moratorium, niggardliness, parcity, parsimony, providence, prudence, recession, reduction, regulation, restraint, retrenchment, rollback, scrimping, shrinkage, skimping, sparingness, stinginess, supervision, thrift, thriftiness
Antonyms: spending, squandering
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