for this reason
Hence the consequence
For this reason introduces a consequence or conclusion drawn from what was just stated.
It signals that the following claim follows logically from the preceding one: The bridge was structurally unsound; for this reason, it was demolished.
More formal than "so" or "that's why," it appears often in academic and legal writing.
- thereforeFor that reason
- thusIn this way
- henceFor that reason
- consequentlyAs a result
- as a resultIndicating causal outcome
accordingly · so · because · since · given that · thereby · henceforth · ergo · wherefore · conclusion · logic · cause · effect · result · outcome · argument · that being said · deduce
- justificationsjustification, rationale, excuse, explanation, grounds
- causationcause, effect, because, causality, causation
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- logic wordsand, or, not, therefore, ergo
- transitionstransition, blending, segue, fade, changeover
for this reasonnevertheless
Despite what preceded
nonetheless · notwithstanding · even so · all the same · yet
for this reasonregardless
Despite the circumstances
either way · in any case · in any event · no matter what · be that as it may
this, reason, reasons, reasonable, reasonably, unreasonable, unreasonably, reasoned, reasoning