deliberation
careful consideration before decision.
formal consultation or discussion.
deliberate quality; leisureliness of movement or action; slowness.
Origin of deliberation
1Other words for deliberation
Other words from deliberation
- 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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How to use deliberation in a sentence
The Ivy League, however, does not appear prepared to deviate from its deliberation.
Ivy League sports were shut down quickly by coronavirus. A restart is proving much slower. | Glynn A. Hill | February 10, 2021 | Washington PostIf you don’t win, no one has to see the professor’s letter or any deliberation over your nomination until there have been another 12 presidential elections.
The trade agreement was confirmed Saturday night by a person familiar with the deliberations.
Lions agree to trade Matthew Stafford to Rams for Jared Goff, draft picks | Mark Maske | January 31, 2021 | Washington PostThe Philadelphia Eagles are working to complete a deal with Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Nick Sirianni to hire him as their next head coach, according to a person familiar with the deliberations.
Eagles working on a deal to hire Colts’ Nick Sirianni as new head coach | Mark Maske | January 21, 2021 | Washington PostThe deliberations on whether superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes will return to the Kansas City Chiefs’ lineup for Sunday’s AFC championship game do not involve Coach Andy Reid.
Under NFL’s concussion protocols, decision on Patrick Mahomes’s playing status is out of Chiefs’ hands | Mark Maske | January 20, 2021 | Washington Post
On Nov. 13, after years of deliberation, an advisory panel finally recommended lifting the ban, sort of.
The Outrageous Celibacy Requirement for Gay Blood Donors | Jay Michaelson | November 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter 90 minutes of deliberation, the jury found that the evidence was insufficient and acquitted Lizzie.
Would You Stay in Lizzie Borden’s Ax-Murder House? | Nina Strochlic | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis sexual life, just like his barbarism, was the result of deliberation, not appetites run amok.
Nothing Was Banal About Eichmann’s Evil, Says a Scathing New Biography | Michael Signer | October 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDistasteful 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.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. PikeThere was no moment of deliberation, no interval of repose between the thought and its fulfillment.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinShe adjusted it, sticking the hat pin through the heavy coil of hair with some deliberation.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinHe began now to watch Ando, and found himself annoyed by the deliberation of his friend's motions.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa
British Dictionary definitions for deliberation
/ (dɪˌlɪbəˈreɪʃən) /
thoughtful, careful, or lengthy consideration
(often plural) formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
care, thoughtfulness, or absence of hurry, esp in movement or speech
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