Synonyms for grounds
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1. evidence, groundsnoun

   your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

   "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"

   Synonyms:
   yard, curtilage, reason, cause, evidence

2. yard, grounds, curtilagenoun

   the enclosed land around a house or other building

   "it was a small house with almost no yard"

   Synonyms:
   reason, cause, cubic yard, chiliad, pace, curtilage, thousand, one thousand, railway yard, thou, railyard, yard, evidence, grand

3. groundsnoun

   a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)

   Synonyms:
   yard, curtilage, reason, cause, evidence

4. cause, reason, groundsnoun

   a justification for something existing or happening

   "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"

   Synonyms:
   ground, suit, intellect, causal agency, yard, crusade, drive, effort, causa, evidence, case, campaign, reasonableness, movement, curtilage, reason, rationality, lawsuit, understanding, cause, causal agent

5. groundsnoun

   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:
   yard, curtilage, reason, cause, evidence

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1. • Dregs
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   • Information
   • Justification
   • Tract

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1. groundsnoun

   Synonyms:
   lees, dregs, sediment, grouts, precipitate, settlings

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1. groundsnoun

   Synonyms:
   settlings, sediment, dregs, precipitate

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1. List of paraphrases for "grounds":

   reasons, motives, motifs, reason, memorandum, causes, bases, foundations, rationale, justification, considerations, motivations, justifications, subjects, arguments, basis

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1. Senator Creighton:

   The presence of a disability in a child should not be grounds for a lawsuit, it sends the message that there are births that are wrongful. There are no wrongful births.

2. Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   If (economic grounds) is the only reason for being here, then we will have to say more strongly to these people: you must go home.

3. United States:

   Kim Yo Jong really are threatened by superior American and South Korean military power, Kim Yo Jong need nuclear weapons to try and prevent an invasion in Kim Yo Jong view, kim Yo Jong feel the need to equate Kim Yo Jong nuclear program with the( United States and South Korean) military alliance and claims the military alliance is a nuclear threat, when there's no real grounds for Kim Yo Jong.

4. Ruth Beier:

   The city also points out that Masterpiece Cakeshop – in which a Colorado baker won after being sued for not making a cake for a gay wedding – was decided on narrow grounds due to the outright hostility the civil rights commission in Colorado expressed toward Christianity. There was no such hostility in this case, it said. But the farm's lawyers point to a statement made by East Lansing Mayor Ruth Beier, who was previously a member of the city council, as relevant. A photo of Country Mill Farms, which is in a long-running legal battle with the city of East Lansing. ( ADF) ‘ We do n’t doubt that you're allowed to be a bigot … You can say it on Facebook, you can say ridiculous, horrible, hateful things, what we said is if you actually do discriminate in your business by not allowing same-sex couples to marry on your farm, then we don't want you in East Lansing.

5. D. A. F. Sade, "Dialogue between a Priest and a Dying Man":

   ... and thereof do I repent: I only plucked an occasional flower when I might have gathered an ample harvest of fruit -- such are the just grounds for the regrets I have ...