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• /ˈɹiːzən/
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From Middle English resoun, reson, from Anglo-Norman raisun (Old French raison), from Latin ratiō, from ratus, past participle of reor (“reckon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h2reh1- (“to think”), reanalysed root of *h2er- (“to put together”). Displaced native Middle English reden (found in compounds), from Old English rǣden (“condition, stipulation, calculation, direction”), from the same Proto-Indo-European source (compare West Frisian reden (“reason”), Dutch reden (“reason”)). Doublet of ration and ratio.

From Middle English reason, reson, resen, rasen, from Old English ræsn (“beam, rafter, ceiling, wall panel”), probably from Proto-West Germanic *raʀn (“house”), from Proto-Germanic *razną (“house, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *h1erh1- (“to rest”).

376 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aghwan: 𐕗𐔰𐕊𐔰𐕙 (ṗač̣ar) — that which causes: a cause
• Albanian: arsye — that which causes: a cause
• Albanian: shkak — that which causes: a cause
• Arabic: سَبَب (sabab) — that which causes: a cause
• Arabic: سبب (sabab) — that which causes: a cause
• Arabic: سبب (sábab) — that which causes: a cause
• Armenian: պատճառ (patčaṙ) — that which causes: a cause
• Assamese: কাৰণ (karon) — that which causes: a cause
• Avar: сабаб (sabab) — that which causes: a cause
• Azerbaijani: səbəb — that which causes: a cause
• Bashkir: сәбәп (səbəp) — that which causes: a cause
• Basque: arrazoi — that which causes: a cause
• Belarusian: прычы́на (pryčýna) — that which causes: a cause
• Bengali: কারণ (karon) — that which causes: a cause
• Bulgarian: причи́на (pričína) — that which causes: a cause
• Burmese: ဟိတ် (hit) — that which causes: a cause
• Catalan: causa — that which causes: a cause
• Catalan: raó — that which causes: a cause
• Catalan: motiu — that which causes: a cause
• Cebuano: rason — that which causes: a cause
• Chichewa: chifukwa — that which causes: a cause
• Chinese Cantonese: 理由 (lei5 jau4) — that which causes: a cause
• Chinese Cantonese: 原因 (jyun4 jan1) — that which causes: a cause
• Chinese Mandarin: 理由 (lǐyóu) — that which causes: a cause
• Chinese Mandarin: 原因 (yuányīn) — that which causes: a cause
• Crimean Tatar: sebep — that which causes: a cause
• Czech: příčina — that which causes: a cause
• Danish: årsag — that which causes: a cause
• Danish: grund — that which causes: a cause
• Dutch: oorzaak — that which causes: a cause
• Dutch: reden — that which causes: a cause
• Dutch: grond — that which causes: a cause
• Esperanto: kialo — that which causes: a cause
• Estonian: põhjus — that which causes: a cause
• Finnish: syy — that which causes: a cause
• French: raison — that which causes: a cause
• French: cause — that which causes: a cause
• Galician: razón — that which causes: a cause
• Georgian: მიზეზი (mizezi) — that which causes: a cause
• Georgian: საბაბი (sababi) — that which causes: a cause
• German: Grund — that which causes: a cause
• German: Ursache — that which causes: a cause
• Greek: λόγος (lógos) — that which causes: a cause
• Ancient Greek: αἰτία (aitía) — that which causes: a cause
• Hebrew: סיבה \ סִבָּה (sibá) — that which causes: a cause
• Hindi: कारण (kāraṇ) — that which causes: a cause
• Hindi: वजह (vajah) — that which causes: a cause
• Hindi: सबब (sabab) — that which causes: a cause
• Hindi: बाइस (bāis) — that which causes: a cause
• Hungarian: ok — that which causes: a cause
• Icelandic: ástæða — that which causes: a cause
• Icelandic: orsök — that which causes: a cause
• Indonesian: alasan — that which causes: a cause
• Indonesian: sebab — that which causes: a cause
• Irish: ábhar — that which causes: a cause
• Irish: fáth — that which causes: a cause
• Old Irish: accuis — that which causes: a cause
• Old Irish: adbar — that which causes: a cause
• Italian: ragione — that which causes: a cause
• Italian: causa — that which causes: a cause
• Italian: perché — that which causes: a cause
• Japanese: 理由 (riyū) — that which causes: a cause
• Japanese: 原因 (gen'in) — that which causes: a cause
• Kapampangan: sangkan — that which causes: a cause
• Kazakh: себеп (sebep) — that which causes: a cause
• Khmer: ករណី (kaʼraʼnəy) — that which causes: a cause
• Khmer: ហេតុ (haet) — that which causes: a cause
• Khmer: សាហេតុ (saahaet) — that which causes: a cause
• Korean: 이유 (iyu) — that which causes: a cause
• Korean: 리유 (riyu) — that which causes: a cause
• Korean: 원인 (wonin) — that which causes: a cause
• Northern Kurdish: sedem — that which causes: a cause
• Northern Kurdish: semed — that which causes: a cause
• Northern Kurdish: sebeb — that which causes: a cause
• Kyrgyz: себеп (sebep) — that which causes: a cause
• Lao: ເຫດຜົນ (hēt phon) — that which causes: a cause
• Lao: ສາເຫດ (sā hēt) — that which causes: a cause
• Latin: causa — that which causes: a cause
• Latvian: cēlonis — that which causes: a cause
• Lithuanian: priežastis — that which causes: a cause
• Macedonian: при́чина (príčina) — that which causes: a cause
• Malay: sebab — that which causes: a cause
• Malay: alasan — that which causes: a cause
• Malayalam: കാരണം (kāraṇaṁ) — that which causes: a cause
• Malayalam: -കൊണ്ട് (-koṇṭŭ) — that which causes: a cause
• Eastern Mari: амал (amal) — that which causes: a cause
• Mongolian: учир (učir) — that which causes: a cause
• Mongolian: шалтгаан (šaltgaan) — that which causes: a cause
• Norwegian Bokmål: årsak — that which causes: a cause
• Norwegian Bokmål: grunn — that which causes: a cause
• Nǀuu: ǃʻama — that which causes: a cause
• Nǀuu: kxʼuki — that which causes: a cause
• Occitan: rason — that which causes: a cause
• Old English: intinga — that which causes: a cause
• Paicî: mäjoro — that which causes: a cause
• Pannonian Rusyn: причина (pričina) — that which causes: a cause
• Pashto: سبب (sabab) — that which causes: a cause
• Pashto: دليل (dalil) — that which causes: a cause
• Iranian Persian: دَلیل (dalil) — that which causes: a cause
• Iranian Persian: سَبَب (sabab) — that which causes: a cause
• Polish: przyczyna — that which causes: a cause
• Portuguese: causa — that which causes: a cause
• Portuguese: motivo — that which causes: a cause
• Portuguese: razão — that which causes: a cause
• Romanian: cauză — that which causes: a cause
• Romanian: pricină — that which causes: a cause
• Russian: причи́на (pričína) — that which causes: a cause
• Serbo-Croatian: ра́злог — that which causes: a cause
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀зрок — that which causes: a cause
• Serbo-Croatian: rázlog — that which causes: a cause
• Serbo-Croatian: ùzrok — that which causes: a cause
• Sikkimese: རྐྱེན (rkyen) — that which causes: a cause
• Silesian: prziczyna — that which causes: a cause
• Slovak: príčina — that which causes: a cause
• Slovak: dôvod — that which causes: a cause
• Slovene: vzrok — that which causes: a cause
• Slovene: razlog — that which causes: a cause
• Spanish: razón — that which causes: a cause
• Spanish: causa — that which causes: a cause
• Swedish: anledning — that which causes: a cause
• Swedish: skäl — that which causes: a cause
• Swedish: orsak — that which causes: a cause
• Swedish: grund — that which causes: a cause
• Tagalog: rason — that which causes: a cause
• Tajik: сабаб (sabab) — that which causes: a cause
• Tajik: далел (dalel) — that which causes: a cause
• Tamil: காரணம் (kāraṇam) — that which causes: a cause
• Tatar: сәбәп (säbäp) — that which causes: a cause
• Thai: เหตุผล (hèet-pǒn) — that which causes: a cause
• Thai: สาเหตุ (sǎa-hèet) — that which causes: a cause
• Thai: เหตุ (hèet) — that which causes: a cause
• Turkish: neden — that which causes: a cause
• Turkish: sebep — that which causes: a cause
• Ottoman Turkish: سبب (sebeb) — that which causes: a cause
• Ottoman Turkish: علت (ʼillet) — that which causes: a cause
• Turkmen: sebäp — that which causes: a cause
• Ukrainian: причи́на (pryčýna) — that which causes: a cause
• Urdu: وَجَہ (vaja) — that which causes: a cause
• Urdu: وَجَہْ (vajah) — that which causes: a cause
• Urdu: سَبَب (sabab) — that which causes: a cause
• Urdu: باعِث (bā'is) — that which causes: a cause
• Uyghur: سەۋەب (seweb) — that which causes: a cause
• Uzbek: sabab — that which causes: a cause
• Venetan: rexon — that which causes: a cause
• Vietnamese: lý do — that which causes: a cause
• Vietnamese: nguyên nhân — that which causes: a cause
• Armenian: պատճառ (patčaṙ) — motive for an action or determination
• Armenian: դրդապատճառ (drdapatčaṙ) — motive for an action or determination
• Bulgarian: основа́ние (osnovánie) — motive for an action or determination
• Bulgarian: моти́в (motív) — motive for an action or determination
• Catalan: motiu — motive for an action or determination
• Chinese Cantonese: 理由 (lei5 jau4) — motive for an action or determination
• Chinese Cantonese: 道理 (dou6 lei5) — motive for an action or determination
• Chinese Cantonese: 原因 (jyun4 jan1) — motive for an action or determination
• Chinese Mandarin: 理由 (lǐyóu) — motive for an action or determination
• Chinese Mandarin: 原因 (yuányīn) — motive for an action or determination
• Czech: důvod — motive for an action or determination
• Danish: grund — motive for an action or determination
• Dutch: reden — motive for an action or determination
• Esperanto: kialo — motive for an action or determination
• Finnish: syy — motive for an action or determination
• French: raison — motive for an action or determination
• Georgian: მიზეზი (mizezi) — motive for an action or determination
• Georgian: საბაბი (sababi) — motive for an action or determination
• German: Grund — motive for an action or determination
• Ancient Greek: αἰτία (aitía) — motive for an action or determination
• Hungarian: indíték — motive for an action or determination
• Indonesian: alasan — motive for an action or determination
• Indonesian: motif — motive for an action or determination
• Irish: ábhar — motive for an action or determination
• Irish: fáth — motive for an action or determination
• Old Irish: adbar — motive for an action or determination
• Italian: motivo — motive for an action or determination
• Italian: ragione — motive for an action or determination
• Japanese: 理由 (riyū) — motive for an action or determination
• Latin: ratiō — motive for an action or determination
• Norwegian Bokmål: grunn — motive for an action or determination
• Polish: powód — motive for an action or determination
• Portuguese: motivo — motive for an action or determination
• Romanian: motiv — motive for an action or determination
• Romanian: rațiune — motive for an action or determination
• Russian: причи́на (pričína) — motive for an action or determination
• Russian: резо́н (rezón) — motive for an action or determination
• Russian: моти́в (motív) — motive for an action or determination
• Russian: по́вод (póvod) — motive for an action or determination
• Russian: основа́ние (osnovánije) — motive for an action or determination
• Slovak: dôvod — motive for an action or determination
• Swedish: anledning — motive for an action or determination
• Swedish: skäl — motive for an action or determination
• Swedish: motiv — motive for an action or determination
• Swedish: grund — motive for an action or determination
• Turkish: neden — motive for an action or determination
• Turkish: sebep — motive for an action or determination
• Venetan: motivo — motive for an action or determination
• Armenian: պատճառաբանություն (patčaṙabanutʻyun) — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Azerbaijani: əsas — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Azerbaijani: bəhanə — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Belarusian: ра́цыя (rácyja) — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Bulgarian: оправда́ние (opravdánie) — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Catalan: excusa — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Catalan: motiu — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Czech: důvod — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Dutch: reden — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Finnish: syy — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Finnish: tekosyy — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• French: raison — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• German: Grund — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Greek: λόγος (lógos) — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Greek: δικαιολογία (dikaiología) — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Hungarian: indok — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Irish: ábhar — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Irish: fáth — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Old Irish: adbar — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Italian: scusa — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Italian: pretesa — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Eastern Mari: амал (amal) — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Polish: racja — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Polish: powód — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Russian: по́вод (póvod) — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Russian: до́вод (dóvod) — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Russian: резо́н (rezón) — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Slovak: dôvod — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Turkish: açıklama — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Ukrainian: ра́ція (rácija) — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Ukrainian: до́від (dóvid) — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Venetan: scuxa — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Vietnamese: lý do — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Vietnamese: nguyên nhân — excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination
• Albanian: arsye — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Arabic: عَقْل (ʕaql) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Armenian: բանականություն (banakanutʻyun) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Asturian: razón — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Bashkir: аҡыл (aqıl) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Belarusian: ро́зум (rózum) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Bulgarian: ра́зум (rázum) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Bulgarian: разсъ́дък (razsǎ́dǎk) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Catalan: raó — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Chinese Mandarin: 理致 (lǐzhì) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Chinese Mandarin: 理性 (lǐxìng) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Chinese Mandarin: 理智 (lǐzhì) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Czech: rozum — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Danish: fornuft — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Dutch: rede — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Esperanto: racio — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Esperanto: racieco — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Finnish: järki — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Finnish: tolkku — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• French: raison — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Old French: reson — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Old French: raison — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Friulian: reson — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Galician: razón — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Georgian: გონება (goneba) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• German: Verstand — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• German: Vernunft — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• German: Intellekt — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃 (hugs) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌹 (fraþi) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Greek: λόγος (lógos) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Greek: λογική (logikí) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Ancient Greek: λογισμός (logismós) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Haitian Creole: rezon — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Hebrew: הִגָּיוֹן (higayón) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Hungarian: értelem — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Hungarian: ész — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Hungarian: gondolkodás — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Ingrian: tolkku — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Irish: réasún — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Irish: ciall — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Italian: ragione — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Japanese: 思慮 (shiryo) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Japanese: 理致 (richi) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Japanese: 理性 (risei) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Kazakh: ақыл-парасат (aqyl-parasat) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Korean: 이성 (iseong) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Korean: 이치 (ichi) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Ladin: rejon — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Latin: ratio — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Latin: causa — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Latvian: saprāts — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Malayalam: യുക്തി (yukti) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Norwegian Bokmål: fornuft — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Occitan: rason — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Church Slavic: разоумъ (razumŭ) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Persian: عقل ('aql) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Polish: rozum — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Portuguese: razão — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Romanian: rațiune — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Russian: ра́зум (rázum) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Russian: рассу́док (rassúdok) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Russian: ум (um) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̏зӯм — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Serbo-Croatian: rȁzūm — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Slovak: rozum — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Slovene: rázum — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Spanish: razón — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Swedish: förstånd — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Swedish: förnuft — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Thai: เหตุผล (hèet-pǒn) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Turkish: akıl — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Ottoman Turkish: هوش (huş) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Ottoman Turkish: ادراك (idrak) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Ottoman Turkish: عقل (ʼakl, ʼakıl) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Ukrainian: ро́зум (rózum) — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Venetan: raxon — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Venetan: rexon — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Vietnamese: lý trí — (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
• Belarusian: слу́шнасць (slúšnascʹ) — something reasonable
• Bulgarian: аргуме́нт (argumént) — something reasonable
• Finnish: kohtuus — something reasonable
• Indonesian: beralasan — something reasonable
• Italian: ragione — something reasonable
• Russian: резо́нность (rezónnostʹ) — something reasonable
• Albanian: arësyetoj — to deduce by being rational
• Bulgarian: разсъждавам (razsǎždavam) — to deduce by being rational
• Catalan: raonar — to deduce by being rational
• Danish: ræsonnere — to deduce by being rational
• Danish: overveje — to deduce by being rational
• Dutch: redeneren — to deduce by being rational
• Finnish: pohtia — to deduce by being rational
• Finnish: järkeillä — to deduce by being rational
• German: schlussfolgern — to deduce by being rational
• Greek: συμπεραίνω (symperaíno) — to deduce by being rational
• Hungarian: gondolkodik — to deduce by being rational
• Hungarian: következtet — to deduce by being rational
• Hungarian: levezet — to deduce by being rational
• Italian: ragionare — to deduce by being rational
• Norwegian: resonnere — to deduce by being rational
• Norwegian: overveie — to deduce by being rational
• Polish: rozumować — to deduce by being rational
• Portuguese: raciocinar — to deduce by being rational
• Russian: рассужда́ть (rassuždátʹ) — to deduce by being rational
• Slovak: uvažovať — to deduce by being rational
• Slovak: usúdiť — to deduce by being rational
• Spanish: razonar — to deduce by being rational
• Swedish: resonera — to deduce by being rational
• Albanian: arësyetoj — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Bulgarian: мисля (mislja) — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Catalan: raonar — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Catalan: deduir — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Catalan: induir — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Danish: slutte — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Dutch: redeneren — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Esperanto: rezoni — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Finnish: järkeillä — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• German: schlussfolgern — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Greek: συμπεραίνω (symperaíno) — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Hungarian: érvel — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Hungarian: indokol — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Italian: ragionare — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Italian: argomentare — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Portuguese: argumentar — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Portuguese: raciocinar — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Russian: проду́мать (prodúmatʹ) — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Slovak: uvažovať — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Slovak: argumentovať — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Swedish: slutleda — to perform a process of deduction or of induction
• Catalan: argumentar — to converse; to compare opinions
• Catalan: debatre — to converse; to compare opinions
• German: vernünftig argumentieren — to converse; to compare opinions
• German: Meinungen abwägen — to converse; to compare opinions
• Hungarian: vitázik — to converse; to compare opinions
• Hungarian: vitatkozik — to converse; to compare opinions
• Italian: ragionare — to converse; to compare opinions
• Norwegian: diskutere fornuftig — to converse; to compare opinions
• Polish: przekonywać — to converse; to compare opinions
• Polish: przekonać — to converse; to compare opinions
• Swedish: diskutera — to converse; to compare opinions
• Bulgarian: убеждавам (ubeždavam) — to persuade by reasoning
• German: einreden — to persuade by reasoning
• German: ausreden (out of s.th.) — to persuade by reasoning
• German: abbringen (out of s.th) — to persuade by reasoning
• Hungarian: meggyőz — to persuade by reasoning
• Serbo-Croatian: ubeđivati — to persuade by reasoning
• Serbo-Croatian: ubjeđivati — to persuade by reasoning
• Swedish: argumentera — to persuade by reasoning