causation








noun

  1. the action of causing or producing.
  2. the relation of cause to effect; causality.
  3. anything that produces an effect; cause.

noun

  1. the act or fact of causing; the production of an effect by a cause
  2. the relationship of cause and effect
n.

1640s, from Latin causationem (nominative causatio) “excuse, pretext,” in Medieval Latin “action of causing,” from causa (see cause).

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