The faculty of deliberation; judgement, reason; pondering, consideration. Also: an act of deliberation or consideration.

The faculty of thinking and reasoning in general; mental capacity, understanding, intellect, reason. archaic (now esp. in the wit of man = human…

Reason as a faculty of the mind; the power of discrimination. Obsolete.

Discretion, intelligence, reason.

The power of the mind to think and form valid judgements by a process of logic; the mental faculty which is used in adapting thought or action to…

In plural, in reference to a number of persons.

That faculty, or sum of faculties, of the mind or soul by which a person knows and reasons; power of thought; understanding; analytic intelligence…

The rational part of the human mind; the power or faculty of reason. Also in plural. Obsolete.

With the: The faculty of comprehending and reasoning; the intellect.

The innate human faculty of reasoning. Cf. natural, adj. 1.

The faculty of reason; the ability to be rational; (also more generally) accordance with reason, sensibleness.

Scottish. More generally: (one's) reason, senses, wits. Only in expressions denoting irrationality, in later use chiefly with reference to the idea…

Mental capacity or activity. Obsolete. rare.