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deliberation

[ dih-lib-uh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. careful consideration before decision.

    Synonyms: forethought, reflection

  2. formal consultation or discussion.
  3. deliberate quality; leisureliness of movement or action; slowness.


deliberation

/ dɪˌlɪbəˈreɪʃən /

noun

  1. thoughtful, careful, or lengthy consideration
  2. often plural formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
  3. care, thoughtfulness, or absence of hurry, esp in movement or speech


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Other Words From

  • nonde·liber·ation noun
  • over·de·liber·ation noun
  • prede·liber·ation noun
  • rede·liber·ation noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of deliberation1

1325–75; Middle English deliberacion < Latin dēlīberātiōn- (stem of dēlīberātiō ), equivalent to dēlīberāt ( us ) ( deliberate ) + -iōn- -ion

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Example Sentences

On Nov. 13, after years of deliberation, an advisory panel finally recommended lifting the ban, sort of.

After 90 minutes of deliberation, the jury found that the evidence was insufficient and acquitted Lizzie.

His sexual life, just like his barbarism, was the result of deliberation, not appetites run amok.

Distasteful those ads might be, but restrictions on political speech should be exercised with great deliberation and caution.

Not many doctors are likely to reach for the pocketbook on that scale without quite a bit of deliberation.

An old weather-beaten bear-hunter stepped forward, squirting out his tobacco juice with all imaginable deliberation.

With great deliberation and much formality Wu-pom Nai proceeded to loosen the boy's heavy plaits of hair.

There was no moment of deliberation, no interval of repose between the thought and its fulfillment.

She adjusted it, sticking the hat pin through the heavy coil of hair with some deliberation.

He began now to watch Ando, and found himself annoyed by the deliberation of his friend's motions.

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