Definitions

1. 1.motive (anything that prompts a choice of action)
2. 2.motive (a reason for criminal behaviour)
3. 3.recital (a numbered division unit of reasoning written in front of a statute)
4. 4.motive, theme
5. 5.motif, a recurring idea
6. 6.motif (decorative figure repeated in a design or pattern)
7. 7.skin, theme