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PREMEDITATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does premeditation mean?
• PREMEDITATION (noun)
The noun PREMEDITATION has 2 senses:
1. planning or plotting in advance of acting
2. (law) thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance of the crime; goes to show criminal intent
Familiarity information: PREMEDITATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Planning or plotting in advance of acting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
forethought; premeditation
Hypernyms ("premeditation" is a kind of...):
planning; preparation; provision (the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening)
Derivation:
premeditate (consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(law) thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance of the crime; goes to show criminal intent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("premeditation" is a kind of...):
malice aforethought; mens rea ((law) criminal intent; the thoughts and intentions behind a wrongful act (including knowledge that the act is illegal); often at issue in murder trials)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
premeditate (consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand)
Context examples
Jane instantly gave a look at Elizabeth which spoke her distress at such premeditation, and her entreaty that she would not give in to it.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
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