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Deliberation   /dɪlˌɪbərˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Deliberation

noun
1.
(usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question.
2.
Careful consideration.  Synonyms: advisement, weighing.
3.
Planning something carefully and intentionally.  Synonym: calculation.
4.
A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry.  Synonyms: deliberateness, slowness, unhurriedness.
5.
The trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision.  Synonym: deliberateness.






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"Deliberation" Quotes from Famous Books



... or interest make the followers of ministers, concerning the necessity of confidence in our governours, and the presumption of prying with profane eyes into the recesses of policy, it is evident that this reverence can be claimed only by counsels yet unexecuted, and projects suspended in deliberation. But when a design has ended in miscarriage or success, when every eye and every ear is witness to general discontent, or general satisfaction, it is then a proper time to disentangle confusion and illustrate obscurity; to shew by what causes every event was produced, and ...
— Life Of Johnson, Vol. 1 • Boswell, Edited by Birkbeck Hill

... to go far enough, and yet not too far—to carry his point, by diplomatic skill and force of character, with the least possible infringement of the laws of humanity; a man with the ability and resolution to insure success, and the native strength that can afford to be merciful? After 'anxious deliberation,' the choice of the ...
— Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin • James, Eighth Earl of Elgin

... hope that our Committee will give to my observations their most serious deliberation. Let us come to no hasty conclusion on this subject: accustomed as we have been to hear constantly repeated such conventional phrases as that "Latin and Greek are essential to the education of a gentleman;" that "classical studies are indispensable to a liberal ...
— The Philosophy of Teaching - The Teacher, The Pupil, The School • Nathaniel Sands

... America had now acquired in the world at large. In 1889 at Washington, and later in their own capital cities, they met with the United States in council. In 1899, and again in 1907, they joined their great northern neighbor and the nations of Europe and Asia at The Hague for deliberation on mutual concerns, and they were admitted to an international fellowship and cooperation far beyond a mere recognition of their independence and a formal ...
— The Hispanic Nations of the New World - Volume 50 in The Chronicles Of America Series • William R. Shepherd

... Kimberlin threw, and the box held but one combination that could possibly beat him; this combination might be thrown once in ten thousand times. The starving man's heart beat violently as the stranger picked up the box with exasperating deliberation. It was a long time before he threw. He made his combinations and ended by defeating his opponent. He sat looking at the dice a long time, and then he slowly leaned back in his chair, settled himself comfortably, raised his eyes to Kimberlin's, and fixed ...
— The Ape, the Idiot & Other People • W. C. Morrow


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