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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Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
Consectary :: Consectary (n.) That which follows by consequence or is logically deducible; deduction from premises; corollary.
Salt :: Salt (n.) Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt..
Rebate :: Rebate (n.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties..
Hence :: Hence (adv.) From this reason; as an inference or deduction.
Elimination :: Elimination (n.) The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction. [See Eliminate, 4.].
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..
Unfalcated :: Unfalcated (a.) Having no deductions; not curtailed, or shortened; undiminished..
Discount :: Discount (v. t.) A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted..
Derivation :: Derivation (n.) That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
Deductive :: Deductive (a.) Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.
Consequent :: Consequent (a.) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions..
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.
Deduction :: Deduction (n.) Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend..
Deducibly :: Deducibly (adv.) By deduction.
Drawback :: Drawback (n.) A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature..
Infer :: Infer (v. t.) To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I inferred his determination from his silence..
Deducement :: Deducement (n.) Inference; deduction; thing deduced.
Remainder :: Remainder (n.) The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction..
Allowance :: Allowance (n.) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret..
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