Grounds
Grounds noun - Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief.
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Likelihood and grounds are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Likelihood" instead a noun "Grounds".
Likelihood
Likelihood noun - The quality or state of being likely to occur.
Grounds and likelihood are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grounds" instead a noun "Likelihood".
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In the United States, a person can be involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital on the grounds of likelihood of harm to themselves or others or grave disability, defined as inability to provide for one's own needs as a result of their mental disorder.
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Likelihood and Grounds. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/grounds/likelihood
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