grounds

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"

the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"

a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)

a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"

dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue; "it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds"