deduction
noun
de·duc·tion
di-ˈdək-shən
dē-
1
a
: an act of taking away
deduction of legitimate business expenses
b
: something that is or may be subtracted
deductions from his taxable income
2
a
: the deriving of a conclusion by reasoning
based on intuition rather than deduction
specifically
: inference in which the conclusion about particulars follows necessarily from general or universal premises (see premise entry 1 sense 1) compare induction
b
: a conclusion reached by logical deduction
made the deduction that the suspect had been at the scene of the crime
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