'Deliberation' definitions:
Definition of 'deliberation'
(from WordNet)
noun
(usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question; "the deliberations of the jury"
noun
Careful consideration; "a little deliberation would have deterred them" [syn: deliberation, weighing, advisement]
noun
Planning something carefully and intentionally; "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting" [syn: calculation, deliberation]
noun
A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry [syn: slowness, deliberation, deliberateness, unhurriedness]
noun
The trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision; "he was a man of judicial deliberation" [syn: deliberation, deliberateness]
Definition of 'Deliberation'
From: GCIDE
- Deliberation \De*lib`er*a"tion\, n. [L. deliberatio: cf. F. d['e]lib['e]ration.]
- 1. The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection. [1913 Webster]
- Choosing the fairest way with a calm deliberation. --W. Montagu. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure; as, the deliberations of a legislative body or council. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deliberation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advisement,
- aforethought,
- airing,
- analysis,
- application,
- brainwork,
- brooding,
- buzz session,
- calculatedness,
- calculation,
- canniness,
- canvassing,
- care,
- careful consideration,
- carefulness,
- caution,
- cautiousness,
- cerebration,
- circumspection,
- cloture,
- cogitation,
- colloquium,
- committee consideration,
- concentration,
- confabulation,
- conference,
- consideration,
- contemplation,
- counsel,
- creeping,
- debate,
- debating,
- deliberate stages,
- deliberateness,
- dialectic,
- dialogue,
- discretion,
- discussion,
- division,
- dolce far niente,
- drawl,
- examination,
- exchange of views,
- express intention,
- expressness,
- filibuster,
- filibustering,
- filing,
- first reading,
- foot-dragging,
- forethought,
- forum,
- gingerliness,
- guardedness,
- hastelessness,
- hedge,
- hedging,
- heed,
- heedfulness,
- hesitation,
- idleness,
- inactivity,
- indolence,
- inertia,
- inertness,
- intentionality,
- introduction,
- investigation,
- joint discussion,
- judiciousness,
- languor,
- laziness,
- leisureliness,
- lentitude,
- lentor,
- logical analysis,
- logical discussion,
- logrolling,
- lucubration,
- meditation,
- mindfulness,
- musing,
- open discussion,
- open forum,
- panel discussion,
- pawkiness,
- pokiness,
- pondering,
- preconsideration,
- predeliberation,
- predetermination,
- premeditation,
- preresolution,
- prior consultation,
- prudence,
- prudentialness,
- rap,
- rap session,
- reflection,
- regardfulness,
- relaxedness,
- reluctance,
- review,
- revolving,
- roll call,
- rumination,
- safeness,
- safety first,
- second reading,
- seminar,
- slackness,
- sloth,
- slowness,
- slowness to act,
- sluggardy,
- sluggishness,
- solicitude,
- speculation,
- steamroller methods,
- study,
- symposium,
- tabling,
- talkathon,
- tentativeness,
- third reading,
- thoroughness,
- town meeting,
- treatment,
- uncommunicativeness,
- unhastiness,
- unhurriedness,
- unprecipitateness,
- ventilation,
- vote,
- weighing