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   Deduction , n. [L. deductio: cf. F. déduction.]
   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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   Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend.
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   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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   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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