DELIBERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deliberation mean? 

• DELIBERATION (noun)
  The noun DELIBERATION has 5 senses:

1. (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question

2. careful consideration

3. planning something carefully and intentionally

4. a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry

5. the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision

  Familiarity information: DELIBERATION used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DELIBERATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the deliberations of the jury

Hypernyms ("deliberation" is a kind of...):

discussion; give-and-take; word (an exchange of views on some topic)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Derivation:

deliberate (discuss the pros and cons of an issue)

deliberate (think about carefully; weigh)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Careful consideration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

advisement; deliberation; weighing

Context example:

a little deliberation would have deterred them

Hypernyms ("deliberation" is a kind of...):

consideration (the process of giving careful thought to something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deliberation"):

think (an instance of deliberate thinking)

Derivation:

deliberate (discuss the pros and cons of an issue)

deliberate (think about carefully; weigh)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Planning something carefully and intentionally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

calculation; deliberation

Context example:

it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting

Hypernyms ("deliberation" is a kind of...):

planning; preparation; provision (the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

deliberateness; deliberation; slowness; unhurriedness

Hypernyms ("deliberation" is a kind of...):

pace; rate (the relative speed of progress or change)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deliberation"):

leisureliness (slowness by virtue of being leisurely)

dilatoriness; procrastination (slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

deliberateness; deliberation

Context example:

he was a man of judicial deliberation

Hypernyms ("deliberation" is a kind of...):

thoughtfulness (the trait of thinking carefully before acting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deliberation"):

intentionality (expressive of intentions)

Derivation:

deliberate (discuss the pros and cons of an issue)

deliberate (think about carefully; weigh)

 Context examples 

Other books were produced, and after some deliberation he chose Fordyce's Sermons.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Aim to finish the deliberations and to sign on your stellar day next month, March 11, leaving some space from March 9, when Mercury goes direct.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I am truly thankful that she is to be left out of our future work, and even of our deliberations.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

She spoke in a low, firm voice and with deliberation.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A few minutes later Wolf got upon his feet. Decision and deliberation marked his movements.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

"Henry," said the other, munching with deliberation the beans he was eating, "did you happen to notice the way them dogs kicked up when I was a-feedin' 'em?"

(White Fang, by Jack London)

At other times, it is better to hesitate and decide only after careful deliberation.

(Young people at risk of addiction show differences in key brain region, University of Cambridge)

“I shall get level with you, Altamont,” he said, speaking with slow deliberation.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She needed no time for deliberation or inquiry.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

He looked at her, looked at Lady Russell, and looking again at her, replied, as if in cool deliberation—Not yet.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)