deduction

  1. Noun.  That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed.
  2. Noun.  A sum that can be removed from tax calculations; something that is written off.
  3. Noun.  A conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out.
  4. Noun.  The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason.
  5. Noun.  (logic) A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.
  6. Noun.  A conclusion reached by this process.

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