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Synonyms for deliberation

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Synonyms for deliberation

a careful considering of a matter

an exchange of views in an attempt to reach a decision

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Synonyms for deliberation

(usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question

careful consideration

planning something carefully and intentionally

a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry

the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision

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Therefore, in your deliberations, when seeking to determine the military conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise:--
I will not amuse you with an appearance of deliberation when I have decided.
Were the experiment to be seriously made, though it required some effort to view it seriously even in fiction, I leave it to be decided by the sample of opinions just exhibited, whether, with all their enmity to their predecessors, they would, in any one point, depart so widely from their example, as in the discord and ferment that would mark their own deliberations; and whether the Constitution, now before the public, would not stand as fair a chance for immortality, as Lycurgus gave to that of Sparta, by making its change to depend on his own return from exile and death, if it were to be immediately adopted, and were to continue in force, not until a BETTER, but until ANOTHER should be agreed upon by this new assembly of lawgivers.
IT IS not a little remarkable that in every case reported by ancient history, in which government has been established with deliberation and consent, the task of framing it has not been committed to an assembly of men, but has been performed by some individual citizen of preeminent wisdom and approved integrity.
After some deliberation, the young master replied, "Nathan, in your place, I think I should feel very much so, myself.
Other books were produced, and after some deliberation he chose Fordyce's Sermons.
After much deliberation, the Captain took twelve Sandwich Islanders on board, for the service of the factory, should there be one in existence, and proceeded on his voyage.
But these measures are each too violent to be adopted without some deliberation; at present my thoughts are fluctuating between various schemes.
The aide-de-camp, an adept in his art, grasping his partner firmly round her waist, with confident deliberation started smoothly, gliding first round the edge of the circle, then at the corner of the room he caught Helene's left hand and turned her, the only sound audible, apart from the ever-quickening music, being the rhythmic click of the spurs on his rapid, agile feet, while at every third beat his partner's velvet dress spread out and seemed to flash as she whirled round.
"You won't help matters like this," said Stepan Arkadyevitch with a smile, hurrying with more deliberation after him.
'You needn't mind sending up to me, if the child cries, nurse,' said the surgeon, putting on his gloves with great deliberation.
Hubert, who, as victor in the first trial of skill, had the right to shoot first, took his aim with great deliberation, long measuring the distance with his eye, while he held in his hand his bended bow, with the arrow placed on the string.
He then took his aim with some deliberation, and the multitude awaited the event in breathless silence.
Kathmandu [Nepal], Aug 16 ( ANI ): The Nepal Parliament on Wednesday started deliberations over the Constitution Amendment proposal tabled earlier.