What is another word for "cause"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "cause": able, absolution, absolve, abut, abutment, abuttal, abutter, accident, accord, acknowledge, acknowledgment, acquit, acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, action, acute, adhere, adhesion, adjoin, adversity, aesthetic, aesthetics, agree, agreement, aid, all, alliance, along, amnesia, amnesty, and, answer, antiphon, antiphony, apposition, appulse, assent, assoil, attention.