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DELIBERATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision
Example:
he was a man of judicial deliberation
Synonyms:
deliberateness; deliberation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("deliberation" is a kind of...):
thoughtfulness (the trait of thinking carefully before acting)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deliberation"):
intentionality (expressive of intentions)
Derivation:
deliberate (discuss the pros and cons of an issue)
deliberate (think about carefully; weigh)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
Synonyms:
deliberateness; deliberation; slowness; unhurriedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("deliberation" is a kind of...):
pace; rate (the relative speed of progress or change)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deliberation"):
leisureliness (slowness by virtue of being leisurely)
dilatoriness; procrastination (slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Careful consideration
Example:
a little deliberation would have deterred them
Synonyms:
advisement; deliberation; weighing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("deliberation" is a kind of...):
consideration (the process of giving careful thought to something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deliberation"):
think (an instance of deliberate thinking)
Derivation:
deliberate (discuss the pros and cons of an issue)
deliberate (think about carefully; weigh)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Planning something carefully and intentionally
Example:
it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting
Synonyms:
calculation; deliberation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("deliberation" is a kind of...):
planning; preparation; provision (the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question
Example:
the deliberations of the jury
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("deliberation" is a kind of...):
discussion; give-and-take; word (an exchange of views on some topic)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Derivation:
deliberate (discuss the pros and cons of an issue)
deliberate (think about carefully; weigh)
Context examples:
Nothing can be more natural, said Sir Thomas, after a short deliberation; nor, were there no sister in the case, could anything, in my opinion, be more natural.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Milverton’s smile broadened, he shrugged his shoulders removed his overcoat, folded it with great deliberation over the back of a chair, and then took a seat.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The advisory role of the Board is scientific and does not include deliberation on matters of public policy.
(Board of Scientific Advisors NCI, NCI Thesaurus)
My aunt and I had held many grave deliberations on the calling to which I should be devoted.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Careful thought or deliberation.
(Consideration, NCI Thesaurus)
Though Mr. Rivers had started at the first of those musical accents, as if a thunderbolt had split a cloud over his head, he stood yet, at the close of the sentence, in the same attitude in which the speaker had surprised him—his arm resting on the gate, his face directed towards the west. He turned at last, with measured deliberation.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
"Good-by, I go now, much hurry," the Indian said, and without semblance of haste, with great deliberation stepping clear of a red pool on the floor, he opened the door and went out.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Though Elizabeth would not, for the mere purpose of obliging Lady Catherine, have answered this question, she could not but say, after a moment's deliberation: I am not.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
And if, at the end of the afternoon White Fang hasn't harmed a chicken, for every ten minutes of the time he has spent in the yard, you will have to say to him, gravely and with deliberation, just as if you were sitting on the bench and solemnly passing judgment, 'White Fang, you are smarter than I thought.'
(White Fang, by Jack London)
But in the council one night, after long deliberation, it was determined to put spies on his track when he went forth to hunt, so that his methods might be learned.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
