Reason and Wits

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Reason noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.

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Wits and reason are semantically related. in senses topic. In some cases you can use "Wits" instead a noun "Reason".

Wits noun - The basic human power of intelligent thought and perception.

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Reason and wits are semantically related. You can use "Reason" instead a noun "Wits".

Endowed by their maker with dim wits, impermeable to reason, with cold pallid slime in their veins instead of hot red blood.

Source: The Reason You Suck Speech / Film
Instead of it coming off as a pragmatic Cold Equation justification, she seems scared out of her wits and suggesting it out of panic rather than reason.

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S30 E10 "Midnight"
Also after the Trolls capture the DwarvesDori: You can't reason with them, they're half-wits!

Source: Film / The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

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