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Definitions for Deduction
[1] the act or process of deducting; subtraction.
[2] something that is or may be deducted: She took deductions for a home office and other business expenses from her taxes.
[3] the act or process of deducing.
[4] something that is deduced: His astute deduction was worthy of Sherlock Holmes.
[5] Logic . a process of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true. a conclusion reached by this process. Compare induction(def 4) .
[6] the act or process of deducting or subtracting
[7] something, esp a sum of money, that is or may be deducted
[8] the process of reasoning typical of mathematics and logic, whose conclusions follow necessarily from their premises an argument of this type the conclusion of such an argument
[9] logic a systematic method of deriving conclusions that cannot be false when the premises are true, esp one amenable to formalization and study by the science of logic an argument of this type Compare induction (def. 4)
Words related to Deduction
discount, abatement, rebate, credit, reduction, allowance, write-off, inference, deliberation, result, meditation, reasoning, thinking, ratiocination, rumination, assumption, answer, finding, corollary, musing
Words nearby Deduction
dedolomitize, deduce, deduct, deductible, deductible clause, deduction, deduction theorem, deductive, deduplicate, dedéagach, dee
Origin of Deduction
1400–50; late Middle English deduccioun (< Anglo-French ) < Latin dēductiōn- (stem of dēductiō ) a leading away. See deduct, -ion
Words that may be confused with Deduction
deduction, extrapolation, induction, generalization, hypothesis
Other words from Deduction
non·de·duc·tion , noun
pre·de·duc·tion , noun
Synonyms for Deduction
answer, assumption, cogitation, consequence, consideration, contemplation, corollary, deliberation, derivation, finding, illation, inference, judgment, meditation, musing, opinion, ratiocination, reasoning, reflection, result, rumination, speculation, thinking, thought, concluding, inferring, mulling, pondering, sequitur