RECONSIDERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reconsideration mean? 

• RECONSIDERATION (noun)
  The noun RECONSIDERATION has 2 senses:

1. a consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a view to changing an earlier decision

2. thinking again about a choice previously made

  Familiarity information: RECONSIDERATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECONSIDERATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a view to changing an earlier decision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

consideration (a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting))

Derivation:

reconsider (consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Thinking again about a choice previously made

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

afterthought; reconsideration; rethink; second thought

Context example:

he had second thoughts about his purchase

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

change of mind; flip-flop; reversal; turnabout; turnaround (a decision to reverse an earlier decision)

Derivation:

reconsider (consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing)

 Context examples 

She forced herself to go back into a reconsideration of the problem.

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