"Pretext" is a word in ENGLISH

A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given …

alawayón - (H) Motive of—, cause of—, reason for—, a quarrel or fight; anything fought for, or worth a fight. …

bángdan - Cause, reason, motive, pretext, ground, foundation. Madámù siá sing mga bángdan. He has many motives or bangâ – …

bangúd - Reason, motive, cause; used in the passive voice with the meaning: to place the responsibility upon, to put …

buut want, would like to. Buut siyang makig-isturya nímu, He wishes to talk to you. Unsay buut níyang isulti? What …

Lat. 1. A cause, reason, occasion, motive, or Inducement

That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.

That which is, or should be, taken into account as a ground of opinion or action; motive; reason.

The inducement to a contract The cause, motive, price, or impelling Influence which induces a contracting party to enter into …

dahílan - Pretext, sham, pretence. Sa dahílan nga ——. Under the pretext of ——. Dinahilán lang níya inâ kag ang …

To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not …

A balancing of the mind between motives or reasons, with consequent indecision and doubt.

Since; because; introducing a reason of something before advanced, a cause, motive, explanation, justification, or the like, of an action …

Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or …

n. cause, motive, reason, origin. v. /AG-/ to come from. Naggapoak idiay simbaan. I came from the church. /MANG-/ to …

Inaccessible, as to knowledge, reason, sympathy, etc.; unimpressible; not to be moved by arguments or motives; as, an impenetrable mind, …

kabangdánan - Motive, reason, cause, inducement, object determining choice of will or action. (bangúd).

That which incites to action; anything prompting or exciting to choise, or moving the will; cause; reason; inducement; object.

The inducement, cause, or reason why a thing is done. An act legal ln itself, and which violates no right, …

nasíngyan - The "why” of a thing, reason, cause, motive, ground. Anó man ang nasíngyan níya nga walâ na siá …