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