Another word for actions

Her actions had clearly taken him by surprise.

He should view their actions as clearing the way for him.

Cade should accept the responsibility of his actions as well.

There was nothing maternal about her feelings for Alex – nor anything paternal about his actions toward her when they were alone.

Cromwell, who was as a rule especially scrupulous in protecting non-combatants from violence, justified his severity in this case by the cruelties perpetrated by the Irish in the rebellion of 1641, and as being necessary on military and political grounds in that it "would tend to prevent the effusion of blood for the future, which were the satisfactory grounds of such actions which otherwise cannot but work remorse and regret."