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Noun

1. 1
   The act or process of perusing, or an instance of it.; Studying something carefully; a careful study. countable, uncountable

   "Please find attached the relevant documents for your perusal."

2. 2
   reading carefully with intent to remember wordnet
3. 3
   The act or process of perusing, or an instance of it.; Giving something a cursory scan; a cursory scan. countable, uncountable

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"I would like to submit my report for your perusal."

Etymology

From peruse + -al.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.