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deliberation
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Deliberation \De*lib`er*a"tion\, n. [L. deliberatio: cf. F. d['e]lib['e]ration.]
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The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.
Choosing the fairest way with a calm deliberation.
--W. Montagu. Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure; as, the deliberations of a legislative body or council.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., Old French deliberation, from Latin deliberationem (nominative deliberatio), noun of action from past participle stem of deliberare "weigh, consider well," from de- "entirely" (see de-) + -liberare, altered (perhaps by influence of liberare "liberate") from librare "to balance, weigh," from libra "scale."
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of deliberate, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection. 2 Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure; as, the deliberations of a legislative body or council.
WordNet
n. (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question; "the deliberations of the jury"
careful consideration; "a little deliberation would have deterred them" [syn: weighing, advisement]
planning something carefully and intentionally; "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting" [syn: calculation]
a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry [syn: slowness, deliberateness, unhurriedness]
the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision; "he was a man of judicial deliberation" [syn: deliberateness]
Wikipedia
Deliberation is a process of thoughtfully weighing options, usually prior to voting. Deliberation emphasizes the use of logic and reason as opposed to power-struggle, creativity, or dialog. Group decisions are generally made after deliberation through a vote or consensus of those involved.
In legal settings a jury famously uses deliberation because it is given specific options, like guilty or not guilty, along with information and arguments to evaluate. In " deliberative democracy", the aim is for both elected officials and the general public to use deliberation rather than power-struggle as the basis for their vote.
Usage examples of "deliberation".
This speech was made quietly and with all the customary Winslow deliberation and apparent calm, but there was one little slip in it and that slip Babbitt was quick to notice.
The lank black hair and deep grey eyes, the haggard expression and nervous manner, the fitful yet keen interest of his visitor were a novel change from the phlegmatic deliberations of the ordinary scientific worker with whom the Bacteriologist chiefly associated.
Then Bigfoot appeared in the picture, moving with deliberation through the light gravity, throwing himself up and into the airlock.
Prince Rupert the duke of Ormond, Sectary Trevor, and Lord Keeper Bridgeman, men in whose honor the nation had great confidence, were never called to any deliberations.
With the covetous deliberation of the winning gambler, Le Chiffre was tapping a light tattoo on the table with his right hand.
When the mutiny bill fell under deliberation, the earl of Egmont proposed a new clause for empowering and requiring regimental courts-martial to examine witnesses upon oath in all their trials.
She made no sound, although the old house creaked and sighed all around her and the tick took of the great Friesian clock in the hall dripped with soft deliberation into the silence.
It is very difficult to backtrack a chain of gates, if it was constructed with proper random deliberation, even for the time-mobile.
As long as the same passions and interests subsist among mankind, the questions of war and peace, of justice and policy, which were debated in the councils of antiquity, will frequently present themselves as the subject of modern deliberation.
We must provide for interregional and international deliberations and decision-making.
So, every day or so, my father and uncle would get out our copy of the Kitab and, only after deliberation and consultation and final agreement, they would inscribe upon it the symbols for mountains and rivers and towns and deserts and other such landmarks.
The King after deliberation granted this last point, and from that time the incursions of the Mamelucos ceased in Paraguay and generally throughout the mission territory.
He was so casual about it all that no one, except perhaps Hergus who stood beyond them several paces looking back, could have guessed he had maneuvered himself so with deliberation.
CHAPTER XXI THE INNOCENT BLOOD After I had been taken away it seems that the court summoned Hernan Pereira and Henri Marais to accompany them to a lonely spot at a distance, where they thought that their deliberations would not be overheard.
He reached up to his uncovered chest, and with a terrible deliberation, he pricked his finger on one of his own spikes, testing its point.