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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deliberation \De*lib'er*a"tion\, noun [L. deliberatio: cf. F. d['e]lib['e]ration.]
1. The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.
Choosing the fairest way with a calm deliberation. --W. Montagu.
2. Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure; as, the deliberations of a legislative body or council.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
deliberation
noun
1: (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question; "the deliberations of the jury"
2: careful consideration; "a little deliberation would have deterred them" [syn: {weighing}, {advisement}]
3: planning something carefully and intentionally; "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting" [syn: {calculation}]
4: a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry [syn: {slowness}, {deliberateness}, {unhurriedness}]
5: the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision; "he was a man of judicial deliberation" [syn: {deliberateness}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
135 Moby Thesaurus words for "deliberation": advisement, aforethought, airing, analysis, application, brainwork, brooding, buzz session, calculatedness, calculation, canniness, canvassing, care, careful consideration, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, cerebration, circumspection, cloture, cogitation, colloquium, committee consideration, concentration, confabulation, conference, consideration, contemplation, counsel, creeping, debate, debating, deliberate stages, deliberateness, dialectic, dialogue, discretion, discussion, division, dolce far niente, drawl, examination, exchange of views, express intention, expressness, filibuster, filibustering, filing, first reading, foot-dragging, forethought, forum, gingerliness, guardedness, hastelessness, hedge, hedging, heed, heedfulness, hesitation, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertness, intentionality, introduction, investigation, joint discussion, judiciousness, languor, laziness, leisureliness, lentitude, lentor, logical analysis, logical discussion, logrolling, lucubration, meditation, mindfulness, musing, open discussion, open forum, panel discussion, pawkiness, pokiness, pondering, preconsideration, predeliberation, predetermination, premeditation, preresolution, prior consultation, prudence, prudentialness, rap, rap session, reflection, regardfulness, relaxedness, reluctance, review, revolving, roll call, rumination, safeness, safety first, second reading, seminar, slackness, sloth, slowness, slowness to act, sluggardy, sluggishness, solicitude, speculation, steamroller methods, study, symposium, tabling, talkathon, tentativeness, third reading, thoroughness, town meeting, treatment, uncommunicativeness, unhastiness, unhurriedness, unprecipitateness, ventilation, vote, weighing
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
DELIBERATION, noun The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.
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