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deliberation

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[ US /dɪˌɫɪbɝˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /dɪlˌɪbəɹˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision
    he was a man of judicial deliberation
  2. (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question
    the deliberations of the jury
  3. careful consideration
    a little deliberation would have deterred them
  4. planning something carefully and intentionally
    it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting
  5. 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.
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