It is more specifically described as an action or opinion given through inadequate use of reason, emotional distress, or cognitive deficiency.

A statement said she had asked for the change, but Pentagon officials described it as a disciplinary action.

This up-down/up movement of the legs can best be described as a scissoring action.

She then escorted Aristide to Jamaica, in what she later described as a "humanitarian action" and not a political one.

The statement described the uprising as "an isolated action that was repressed by firmness of the officer corps and troops."

Rather, nullification was described as an action to be taken by "the several states" who formed the Constitution.

Government ministers described the strike as an illegal action by "fascist" groups and said it had minimal effect.

This planning, he said, might be described as "a timely action to cut the stress of staff reductions."

Mr. Vargas described drug addiction as "a voluntary action of each person."

Assessment in education is best described as an action "to determine the importance, size, or value of."