Reason For Action

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Updated: September 1, 2025

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noun • the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior • a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music • a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration adjective satellite • causing or able to cause motion • impelling to action
	28%	7		A reason for disciplinary action
noun • a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces • the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
	26%	15		Finding a logical or sensible reason for something that was initially done without reason
noun • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening • the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason • (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation • the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency • systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale

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	Clue	Source
1	Characteristic that evolves for one reason but later provides an advantage for another reason
2	False reason as justification for an action The Guardian Quick - 25 Feb 2005	The Guardian Quick / 25 Feb 2005
3	Finding a logical or sensible reason for something that was initially done without reason
4	Order to troops to prepare for action - reason may follow The Guardian Cryptic - 09 Feb 2004	The Guardian Cryptic / 09 Feb 2004
5	Prepares for action - reason may follow The Guardian Cryptic - 12 Aug 2002	The Guardian Cryptic / 12 Aug 2002
6	Reason behind an action The Guardian Quick - 01 Jun 2018	The Guardian Quick / 01 Jun 2018
7	Reason for an action The Guardian Quick - 16 Oct 2019	The Guardian Quick / 16 Oct 2019

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