Crossword clues for reconsideration
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reconsideration \Re`con*sid`er*a"tion\ (-?"sh?n), n. The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered; as, the reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from re- "again" + consideration.
Wiktionary
n. the act of reconsidering or something reconsidered
WordNet
n. a consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a view to changing an earlier decision
thinking again about a choice previously made; "he had second thoughts about his purchase" [syn: second thought, afterthought, rethink]
Usage examples of "reconsideration".
And now I began a reconsideration of the claims of religion and infidelity.
Every fifty years this reconsideration was to be repeated, and unless there was a majority of eighteen in favour of the retention of the statue, it was to be destroyed.
Carmen called shortly after four to say that Selwey had denied the Motion for Reconsideration without a hearing.
First Insight is a reconsideration of the inherent mystery that surrounds our individual lives on this planet.
If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the members elected to that house shall agree to pass the same, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to that house it shall be sent to the Governor-General, who, in case he shall then not approve, shall transmit the same to the President of the United States.
It has naturally led to a reconsideration of the doctrine of eternal punishment.
The Executive approval was given by me to the resolution mentioned, and it is now by a closer attention and a fuller knowledge of facts that I feel constrained to recommend a reconsideration of the subject.
Although the present is the same Congress and nearly the same members, and without questioning the wisdom or patriotism of those who stood in opposition, I venture to recommend the reconsideration and passage of the measure at the present session.
But on second thought, after careful reconsideration, Bonelli reed that the setback to his military arm might be a blessing in disguise.
His reconsideration of the last question he had been asked was interrupted when the door behind him opened, and his guide motioned for him to follow.
But he did not know what to do, and, as successive considerations and reconsiderations ended in nothing, and the distractions of a foreign country were so numerous, Madge had for a time been put aside, like a huge bill which we cannot pay, and which staggers us.
There was, in the stack of cases which had flooded the LA office, no time for reconsiderations or niceties.
We're going to file an amended application for reconsideration, but first you and I are going to go talk to the examiner.
One crackpot argument after another is shot down - but the conspiracy theorists just move on to the next crackpot argument without pause or reconsideration.
When they did, they were no longer subject to the Paring Rite, but they became, forever, not citizens but the Property of the Church, and second thoughts and reconsiderations were strictly for the next life.