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Deliberation

//dɪˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection. countable, uncountable

    "The oftener the measure is brought under examination, the greater the diversity in the situations of those who are to examine it, the less must be the danger of those errors which flow from want of due deliberation, or of those missteps which proceed from the contagion of some common passion or interest."

  2. 2
    the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision wordnet
  3. 3
    Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure. countable, uncountable

    "the deliberations of a legislative body or council"

  4. 4
    a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry wordnet
  5. 5
    careful consideration wordnet
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  1. 6
    planning something carefully and intentionally wordnet
  2. 7
    (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English deliberacioun, from Old French deliberation, from Latin deliberātiō. Morphologically deliberate + -ion.

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