deduction

See also: déduction

English

From Middle French déduction, from Latin deductio

deduction (countable and uncountable, plural deductions)

That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed
A sum that can be removed from tax calculations; something that is written off
You might want to donate the old junk and just take the deduction.
(logic) A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.
Antonym: induction
A conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out
He arrived at the deduction that the butler didn't do it.
The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason
Through his powers of deduction, he realized that the plan would never work.

(that which is subtracted or removed): extract, reduction; See also Thesaurus:decrement

that which is subtracted or removed

sum that can be removed from tax calculations

process of reasoning

Armenian: դեդուկցիա (hy) (dedukcʿia), արտածում (hy) (artacum)
Bulgarian: размишление (bg) n (razmišlenie)
Catalan: deducció (ca) f
Czech: dedukce f
Danish: deduktion c
Dutch: afleiding (nl)
Finnish: deduktio (fi), päättely (fi)
French: déduction (fr)
Greek: παραγωγή (el) f (paragogí), παραγωγικός λογισμός m (paragogikós logismós)
Indonesian: deduksi (id)

conclusion

Italian: deduzione (it) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: (literally) konklusjon (no) m
Portuguese: dedução (pt) f
Russian: умозаключе́ние (ru) n (umozaključénije), заключе́ние (ru) n (zaključénije), вы́вод (ru) m (vývod)
Swedish: slutsats (sv) c

ability or skill to deduce