Reason behind an action - Crossword Clue

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MOTIVE
  1. a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
  2. a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
  3. causing or able to cause motion; "a motive force"; "motive power"; "motor energy"
  4. impelling to action; "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments"
  5. the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"

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