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deliberation

[dih-lib-uh-rey-shuhn]

noun

careful consideration before decision.

formal consultation or discussion.

deliberate quality; leisureliness of movement or action; slowness.

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

Related forms

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

Synonyms
1. reflection, forethought.

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Example Sentences

After two hours' deliberation the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, giving the accused woman the benefit of a doubt.

University lawyers often bump up against an athletics world where speed and money trump legal deliberation.

They don't want calm deliberation on women's issues.

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After two hours' deliberation the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, giving the accused woman the benefit of a doubt.

University lawyers often bump up against an athletics world where speed and money trump legal deliberation.

They don't want calm deliberation on women's issues.

The facts of the case were disputed and required jury deliberation.

Members say that deliberation is necessary because the group must come to a consensus.

Editors have been rightly wary of sacrificing accuracy and deliberation to the instantaneous buzz of cyberspace.

But public fascination also provided a window for criticism, and ultrasound elicited substantial ethical deliberation.

It was hard to fit the steady deliberation of kaizen into such an environment.

Democracy, for instance, exists only if there is a genuine deliberation prior to decision.

The first time around, there were almost two weeks of deliberation before a deadlocked jury caused a mistrial.

The ballot box does not allow for such deliberation.

The internet brought about a second wave, characterised by a culture of public deliberation built on active citizenship.

States can authorize an attack on your soil, and even when he does, he only does so after careful and painstaking deliberation.

If they had savings to dip into or credit to tap, they might search with greater deliberation.

Where you have different answer that are not contradictory, do those things after a couple of months of deliberation.

Its members were trapped in deliberation until consensus.

Of late, however, much of that deliberation has been devoted to its own rules.

Lots of fried things on sticks, but you didn't want to fill up too fast on mediocre food- pacing and deliberation were key.

Not surprisingly, the hard-to-read font led to increased deliberation time, as people were forced to decipher their.

But informed deliberation and authoritative action demands rigorous, independent study of a host of important questions:.

Then after fifteen minutes' deliberation the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree.

Lehder ended a seven-month trial and came after seven days of deliberation.

The jury returned the verdict in the six-week trial after five days of deliberation.

Its members were trapped in deliberation until consensus could be.

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World English Dictionary

deliberation (dɪˌlɪbəˈreɪʃən)

—n
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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Word Origin & History

deliberation

late 14c., from L. deliberationem, from deliberare "weigh, consider well," from de- "entirely" + -liberare, altered (perhaps by influence of liberare "liberate") from librare "to balance, weigh," from libra "scale."

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