Dictionary

deliberation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /dɪˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English deliberacioun, from Old French deliberation, from Latin deliberātiō. Morphologically deliberate + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.
   • The oftener the measure is brought under examination, the greater the diversity in the situations of those who are to examine it, the less must be the danger of those errors which flow from want of due deliberation, or of those missteps which proceed from the contagion of some common passion or interest. 1863, Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist, section 72:
2. (countable, uncountable) Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure.
   • the deliberations of a legislative body or council

Forms

Deriveds

nondeliberation · predeliberation · deliberational

Synonyms

mulling · meditation · contemplation · reflection · deliberation · rethinking · reconsideration · musing · thought · cogitation · rumination · pondering

Translations (46)

vi sự cân nhắc (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · hi मंथन (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · fi pohdinta (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · bg разискване (careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure) · es deliberación (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · pl obrady (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · bg преценяване (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · mi taumauri (careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure) · ro deliberare (careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure) · fi harkinta (careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure) · mi taumauri (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · ru взве́шивание (careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure) · fi pohdiskelu (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · ru обду́мывание (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · de Abwägung (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · hi मंथन (careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure) · da drøftelse (careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure) · sv överväga (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · ca deliberació (careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure) · ca deliberació (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · pl deliberacja (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · sh razmatranje (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · da rådslagning (careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure) · hi विमर्श (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · ru размышле́ние (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · pt deliberação (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · ro deliberare (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · sh deliberacija (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · es deliberación (careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure) · da overvejelse (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · sv överläggning (careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure) · ru взве́шивание (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · got 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽𐍃 (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · oc deliberacion (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · te చర్చ (careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure) · no overveielse (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · hi विमर्श (careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure) · el διαβούλευση (careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure) · pt deliberação (careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure) · la deliberatio (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · bg обмисляне (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · ru рассмотре́ние (careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure) · de Abwägung (careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure) · fi huolellinen käsittely (careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure) · fi harkinta (the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure) · hi चर्चा (careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure)