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   deliberation

   /dɪˌlɪbəˈreɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. long and careful consideration or discussion: "after much deliberation we arrived at a compromise" Similar thoughtthinkingconsiderationreflectioncontemplationcogitationponderingweighing upmusingmeditationruminationbroodingdiscussiondebateconsultationconferringrare:excogitationcerebration
   • 2. slow and careful movement or thought: "he replaced the glass on the table with deliberation" Similar carecarefulnesslack of hastesteadinesscautionslownesslaboriousnessponderousnessOpposite haste

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin deliberatio(n-), from deliberare ‘consider carefully’ (see deliberate).

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