Both Uses of
deduction
in
Emma
- A real injury to the children—a most mortifying change, and material loss to them all;—a very great deduction from her father's daily comfort—and, as to herself, she could not at all endure the idea of Jane Fairfax at Donwell Abbey.†
Chpt 2.7-8
- Emma could not deplore her future absence as any deduction from her own enjoyment.†
Chpt 3.15-16 *
Definition:
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(deduction as in: logical deduction) a logical conclusion; or reasoning from the general to the particular