causation

/kɔːˈzeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From cause + -ation.

causation means the act of causing. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 75 out of 100.

noun

The act of causing.
The act or agency by which an effect is produced.“Aristotle's views led him to try to describe the kind of causation by which vision is produced, instead of the laws by which it is exercised; and the attempt consisted, as in other subjects, of indistinct principles, and ill-combined facts.”
Cause and effect.