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Entailment

The act of entailing or of giving, as an estate, and directing the mode of descent.

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Illation 76% connected

The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons; perception of the connection between ideas; that which is inferred; inference; deduction; c…

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Inference 76% connected

The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.

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Entail 74% connected

That which is entailed.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entail 74% connected

That which is entailed.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Deduction 92% connected

Act or process of deducing or inferring.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Implication 92% connected

The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Analogy noun · 86% connection

an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

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Argumentation noun · 86% connection

a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your l…

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Assumption noun · 86% connection

a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured, we can i…

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Cogency noun · 86% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Conclusion noun · 86% connection

the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllo…

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Corollary noun · 86% connection

(logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition

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Data noun · 86% connection

a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data"

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Deductive reasoning noun · 86% connection

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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Derivation noun · 86% connection

a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions

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Extrapolation noun · 86% connection

an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations

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Figurer noun · 86% connection

an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)

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Import noun · 86% connection

a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation…

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Information noun · 86% connection

a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data"

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Logic noun · 86% connection

reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"

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Premise noun · 86% connection

a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured, we can i…

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Presumption noun · 86% connection

(law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed

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Rigor noun · 86% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Rigour noun · 86% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Alamodality noun · 78% connection

The quality of being a la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entailing, giving, estate, directing, mode.
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Allodium noun · 78% connection

Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entailing, giving, estate, directing, mode.
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Anglo-Saxon noun · 78% connection

One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of Engl…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entailing, giving, estate, directing, mode.
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Assess verb · 78% connection

To apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to impose a tax upon (a pe…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entailing, giving, estate, directing, mode.
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Attornment noun · 78% connection

The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior,…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entailing, giving, estate, directing, mode.
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Avulsion noun · 78% connection

The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entailing, giving, estate, directing, mode.
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Condition noun · 78% connection

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, he…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entailing, giving, estate, directing, mode.
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Confirmation noun · 78% connection

A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voidable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, expre…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entailing, giving, estate, directing, mode.
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Convey verb · 78% connection

To transfer or deliver to another; to make over, as property; more strictly (Law), to transfer (real estate) or pass (a title to real…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entailing, giving, estate, directing, mode.
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Credit mobilier unknown · 78% connection

A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal est…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entailing, giving, estate, directing, mode.
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Descent noun · 78% connection

Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason o…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entailing, giving, estate, directing, mode.
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Devise noun · 78% connection

The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entailing, giving, estate, directing, mode.
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Disclaimer noun · 78% connection

A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or est…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entailing, giving, estate, directing, mode.
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Discontinuance noun · 78% connection

A breaking off or interruption of an estate, which happened when an alienation was made by a tenant in tail, or other tenant, seized i…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entailing, giving, estate, directing, mode.
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