Causation

n. act of producing an effect

Causation may refer to:Causality, in philosophy, a relationship that describes and analyses cause and effectCausality (physics)Proximate causationCausation (law), a key component to establish liability in both criminal and civil law Causation in English law defines the requirement for liability in negligenceProximate cause, the basis of liability in negligence in the United States
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Noun
1. the act of causing something to happen
(synonym) causing
(hypernym) deed, feat, effort, exploit
(hyponym) sending
(derivation) cause, do, make

(n.)
The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced.
  

the inference that a change in one variable is responsible for an observed change in another variable.