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   Deduction (?), n. [L. deductio: cf. F. déduction.]
   1. Act or process of deducing or inferring.
   
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   The deduction of one language from another. Johnson.
   
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   This process, by which from two statements we deduce a third, is called deduction. J. R. Seely.
   
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   2. Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, “the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend”.
   
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   3. That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.
   
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   Make fair deductions; see to what they mount. Pope.
   
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   4. That which is or may be deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, “a deduction from the yearly rent in compensation for services; deductions from income in calculating income taxes”.
   
   Syn. -- See Induction.
   
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