etiology (n.)

• answerability
• application
• arrogation
• ascription
• assignation
• assignment
• attachment
• attribution
• base
• basis
• blame
• call
• causation
• cause
• charge
• credit
• determinant
• determinative
• element
• factor
• ground
• grounds
• honor
• imputation
• occasion
• palaetiology
• placement
• principle
• responsibility
• stimulus