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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deduction \De*duc"tion\, n. [L. deductio: cf F. d['e]duction.] 1. Act or process of deducing or inferring. The deduction of one language from another. --Johnson. This process, by which from two statements we deduce a third is called deduction. --J. R. Seely. 2. Act of deducting or taking away subtraction; as the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend. 3. That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion. Make fair deductions; see to what they mount. --Pope. 4. That which is deducted; the part taken away abatement; as a deduction from the yearly rent. Syn: See {Induction}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deduction n 1: a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket [syn: {tax deduction}] 2: an amount or percentage deducted [syn: {discount}] 3: something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications" [syn: {entailment}, {implication}] 4: reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) [syn: {deductive reasoning}, {synthesis}] 5: the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole); "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks" [syn: {subtraction}] [ant: {addition}] 6: the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise [syn: {discount}, {price reduction}]
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