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deliberationnoun a careful weighing of the reasons for or against somethinggave the matter full deliberation before reaching a decision account, advisement, consideration, debate, reflection, study, thought cogitation, contemplation, meditation, pondering, ruminationintrospectionagonizing, hesitation, indecisionpremeditation short shrift an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issuethere was a great deal of deliberation among the representatives about the wording of the public statement argument, argumentation, argy-bargy(chiefly British), back-and-forth, colloquy, confab, confabulation, conference, consult, consultation, council, counsel, debate, dialogue(also dialog), discussion, give-and-take, palaver, parley, talk bull session, chat room, forum, meeting, powwow(informal, now offensive), roundtable, seminar, skull session(also skull practice), symposium, talkathonchat, conversation, rap, wordsdiscourse, disquisitionbargaining, consultancy, negotiation, pourparler in the 14th century |