deliberation

Deliberation is a process by which you decide something. You usually deliberate by thinking about the problem carefully, and you try to come up with a solution that is acceptable to both sides.

  • The committee deliberated for hours before they came to a decision.

  • He deliberated for hours before he came up with a solution.

Definition of deliberation

noun

planning something carefully and intentionally

Synonyms:

calculation

noun

careful consideration

Synonyms:

advisement, weighing

noun

a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry

Synonyms:

deliberateness, slowness, unhurriedness

noun

the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision

Synonyms:

deliberateness

noun

(usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question

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Example Sentences for deliberation

  • 1

    I think you are being deliberately obstreperous.

  • 2

    He said that magicians deliberately exploit the way their audiences think.

  • 3

    Leaving the matter in the preamble was deliberate.

  • 4

    Instead , it is the control of the agenda for deliberation.

  • 5

    It is a mixture of the serious and the silly, deliberately.

  • 6

    It is deliberately obfuscated in the documents referred to.

  • 7

    The center of the keystone is deliberately weakened.

  • 8

    The chronology of the albums is deliberately murky.

  • 9

    The red link in the summary was not deliberate.

  • 10

    The translation is deliberately close to the original.