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deliberateadjective decided on as a result of careful thoughtthe judge made a deliberate decision to impose the maximum sentence advised, calculated, considered, knowing, measured, reasoned, studied, thoughtful, thought-out, weighed aforethought, premeditated, prepenseeducated, informedintentional, purposefuldesigned, intended, planned, projectedcareful, meticulousforesighted, forethoughtful, provident, prudent casual, unadvised, uncalculated, unconsidered, unstudied half-cocked, ill-advisedchance, haphazard, hit-or-miss, randomaimless, desultory, purposelesshasty, hurried, rushedabrupt, impetuous, suddenautomatic, extemporaneous, impromptu, instinctive, spontaneous made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doinga deliberate act of vandalism that should not go unpunished conscious, intended, intentional, knowing, purposeful, purposive, set, voluntary, willed, willful(or wilful), witting designed, plannedadvised, calculated, considered, measured, reasoned, studied, thoughtful, weighedpremeditated, premeditative, prepensediscretionary, elective, optional, volunteer nondeliberate, nonpurposive, unintentional inadvertent, unwittingaccidental, chance, haphazard, hit-or-miss, incidental, randomaimless, desultory, purposelessabrupt, impetuous, suddencoerced, forced, involuntarycompulsory, mandatory, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, ordered, requiredcasualextemporaneous, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, spontaneous, unforced, unpremeditated deliberateverbto give serious and careful thought tothe jury deliberated the case for three days before returning a verdict chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, entertain, eye, kick around, meditate, mull (over), perpend, ponder, pore (over), question, revolve, ruminate, study, think (about or over), turn, weigh, wrestle (with) muse (upon), reflect (on or upon), reminisceanalyze, explore, reviewconclude, reasonsecond-guess, speculate (about)brood (about or over), dwell (on or upon), fixate (on or upon), fret (about or over), obsess (about or over)believe, conceive, opineabsorb, assimilate, digest, drink (in) beat one's brains out (about), chew on, cudgel one's brains (about), look at disregard, ignore, overlook, slightdismiss, pooh-pooh(also pooh), reject adj.voluntary, intentional, deliberate, willing mean done or brought about of one's own will.voluntary implies freedom and spontaneity of choice or action without external compulsion.a voluntary confession intentional stresses an awareness of an end to be achieved.the intentional concealment of vital information deliberate implies full consciousness of the nature of one's act and its consequences.deliberate acts of sabotage willing implies a readiness and eagerness to accede to or anticipate the wishes of another.willing obedience v.think, cogitate, reflect, reason, speculate, deliberate mean to use one's powers of conception, judgment, or inference.think is general and may apply to any mental activity, but used alone often suggests attainment of clear ideas or conclusions.teaches students how to think cogitate implies deep or intent thinking.cogitated on the mysteries of nature reflect suggests unhurried consideration of something recalled to the mind.reflecting on fifty years of married life reason stresses consecutive logical thinking.able to reason brilliantly in debate speculate implies reasoning about things theoretical or problematic.speculated on the fate of the lost explorers deliberate suggests slow or careful reasoning before forming an opinion or reaching a conclusion or decision.the jury deliberated for five hours in the 14th century |