Meaning & Definition of Deliberation in English
English⟶
Deliberation
/dɪlɪbəreʃən/
noun
1. (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question
- "The deliberations of the jury"
synonym:
- deliberation
2. Careful consideration
- "A little deliberation would have deterred them"
synonym:
- deliberation,
- weighing,
- advisement
3. Planning something carefully and intentionally
- "It was the deliberation of his act that was insulting"
synonym:
- calculation,
- deliberation
4. A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
synonym:
- slowness,
- deliberation,
- deliberateness,
- unhurriedness
5. The trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision
- "He was a man of judicial deliberation"
synonym:
- deliberation,
- deliberateness
Examples of using
On the inquest it was shown that Buck Fanshaw, in the delirium of a wasting typhoid fever, had taken arsenic, shot himself through the body, cut his throat, and jumped out of a four-story window and broken his neck—and after due deliberation, the jury, sad and tearful, but with intelligence unblinded by its sorrow, brought in a verdict of death "by the visitation of God." What could the world do without juries?