Synonyms for motives
mo·tives

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1. List of paraphrases for "motives":

   motivations, reasons, grounds, mobile, incentives, intentions, motifs

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1. Jason Chaffetz:

   For those that would speculate otherwise, let me be clear that I have no ulterior motives. I am healthy. I am confident I would continue to be re-elected by large margins. I have the full support of Speaker Ryan to continue as Chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. That said, I have made a personal decision to return to the private sector.

2. Neil Gorsuch:

   When anyone criticizes the honesty, integrity, the motives of a federal judge, I find that disheartening, I find that demoralizing, because I know the truth.

3. Anthony DiPietro:

   Had these materials, and many other things now revealed by Pennisi, been properly disclosed by the government, no grand jury or trial jury would ever credit his tales, his capitalizing on his cooperation calls into question his prior testimony and his motives to fabricate now.

4. Rima Kamal:

   At this point we don't know who is behind the abduction, what are the motives, but we are trying to appeal to those (responsible) to release our colleague, this incidence comes on top of many security incidents we have had, and it is deplorable.

5. Roy Gutterman:

   I can see this popping up more and more, it would be reasonable to see similar suits popping up with the events in Charlottesville. Left-wing protesters clash with conservatives over the scheduled appearance of Milo Yiannopoulos. ( The Associated Press) Last August, a rally in opposition to the removal of a statute of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the campus of the University of Virginia turned violent as white supremacists and neo-Nazis clashed with counterprotestors. Heather Heyer, 32, was killed when James Alex Fields Jr. drove a 2010 Dodge Challenger into a crowd on a pedestrian mall. Roy Gutterman predicted the success of any future lawsuit depends on the motives of the plaintiffs, and how the court rules.