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• (n) your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
  • the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling
  evidence,
• (n) the enclosed land around a house or other building
  • it was a small house with almost no yard
  curtilage, yard,
• (n) a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
• (n) a justification for something existing or happening
  • he had no cause to complain
  • they had good reason to rejoice
  cause, reason,
• (n) dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue
  • it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds

Synonyms

evidence curtilage yard cause reason

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