Thesaurus: cause

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1. v. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
2. v. That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.
3. v. Sake; interest; advantage.
4. v. A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
5. v. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.
6. v. The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.
7. n. To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb.
8. v. i. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
9. conj. Abbreviation of Because.
10. n. events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
11. n. a justification for something existing or happening
12. n. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end