Sinonim account for

English Thesaurus

1. give reasons for (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	explain, explicate,
definition	:	make plain and comprehensible (verb.communication)

2. be the reason or explanation for (verb.stative)

hypernym	:	be,
definition	:	have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) (verb.stative)