Premeditation

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of planning or plotting something in advance, especially a crime. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    (law) thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance of the crime; goes to show criminal intent wordnet
  3. 3
    planning or plotting in advance of acting wordnet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praemeditātiō.

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