What does "premeditation" mean?

The act of planning or plotting something in advance, especially a crime.

Premeditation

Common synonyms include: forethought, aforethought, calculatedness, calculation, caution, deliberateness.

noun

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Noun

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

"She did that intentionally and with premeditation."

Learned borrowing from Latin praemeditātiō.