Grounds
Grounds noun - Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief.
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Understanding and grounds are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Understanding" instead a noun "Grounds".
Understanding
Understanding noun - An arrangement about action to be taken.
Grounds and understanding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grounds" instead a noun "Understanding".
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- At the Council of Elrond in Rivendell, the possibility of giving the One Ring to Tom Bombadil for safekeeping is rejected by Gandalf, on grounds that he was incapable of understanding this responsibility, and would end up either losing or even discarding the Ring out of carelessness.
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