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/dɪˌɫɪbɝˈeɪʃən/
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[ UK /dɪlˌɪbəɹˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /dɪlˌɪbəɹˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision
he was a man of judicial deliberation -
(usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question
the deliberations of the jury -
careful consideration
a little deliberation would have deterred them -
planning something carefully and intentionally
it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting - a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
How To Use deliberation In A Sentence
- Which is a long-winded way of saying that human nature will play a part in deliberations. Times, Sunday Times
- The jury, which began deliberations last Friday after a six-week trial, had to decide whether Castroneves, his sister-manager Katiucia "Kati" Castroneves, 35, and Michigan sports attorney Alan R. Miller, 71, evaded U.S. taxes on more than $5.5 million income that the race driver earned between 1999-2004 from his arrangement with Penske Racing. Undefined
- At last, after wise deliberation of the concerns of either side, she assumes the office of arbitress which is offered to her by both parties.
- I said to them that in their deliberations they should consider the ten pensioners' flats adjacent.
- it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting
- Our Theo was somewhat of a Bible scholar, and an expert on the Talmud, the teachings and deliberations of the Babylonian rabbis in exile. A CONVICTION OF GUILT
- There is a sense of all rational control or deliberation seeping away or being under much less deliberative control.
- The procedures were modeled after the Nobels, with the final selection being made by the international jury with all deliberations and voting in secret.
- The point of deliberation is to make sound decisions about how to act after a review of the relevant considerations and a chance for all parties to the decision to put the case for their views. Matthew Yglesias » Governments Should Govern
- Limiting exceptions to the rule to clear cases obviates the need for deliberation in every case.