<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act or process of deducting; subtraction</li><li>something that is or may be deducted: She took deductions for a home office and other business expenses from her taxes</li><li>the act or process of deducing</li><li>something that is deduced: His astute deduction was worthy of Sherlock Holmes</li><li>a process of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true</li><li>a conclusion reached by this process</li><li>a conclusion reached by this process</li></ul><p><strong>Logic</strong></p><ul><li>a process of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true</li><li>a conclusion reached by this process</li></ul>