the enclosed land around a house or other building | the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning |
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief | something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary |
a justification for something existing or happening | a statement in explanation of some action or belief |
a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.) | |
dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue | |