deliberation
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#DELIBERATIONCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#DELIBERATION deliberacioun, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#DELIBERATION deliberation, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#DELIBERATION deliberātiōCategory:English undefined derivations#DELIBERATION. Morphologically deliberate + -ionCategory:English terms suffixed with -ion#DELIBERATION.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən/Category:English 5-syllable words#DELIBERATIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DELIBERATION
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#DELIBERATIONAudio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃənCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪʃən#DELIBERATIONCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪʃən/5 syllables#DELIBERATION
- Hyphenation: de‧lib‧er‧a‧tion
Noun
deliberation (countable and uncountable, plural deliberations)Category:English lemmas#DELIBERATIONCategory:English nouns#DELIBERATIONCategory:English uncountable nouns#DELIBERATIONCategory:English countable nouns#DELIBERATIONCategory:English countable nouns#DELIBERATIONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DELIBERATIONCategory:Pages with entries#DELIBERATIONCategory:Pages with 2 entries#DELIBERATION
- The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:consideration
- 1863, Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist, section 72:
- The oftener the measure is brought under examination, the greater the diversity in the situations of those who are to examine it, the less must be the danger of those errors which flow from want of due deliberation, or of those missteps which proceed from the contagion of some common passion or interest.Category:English terms with quotations#DELIBERATION
- Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure.
- the deliberations of a legislative body or councilCategory:English terms with usage examples#DELIBERATION
Derived terms
Translations
Middle French
Noun
deliberation f (plural deliberations)Category:Middle French lemmas#DELIBERATIONCategory:Middle French nouns#DELIBERATIONCategory:Middle French entries with incorrect language header#DELIBERATIONCategory:Middle French feminine nouns#DELIBERATIONCategory:Pages with entries#DELIBERATIONCategory:Pages with 2 entries#DELIBERATIONCategory:Middle French countable nouns#DELIBERATION
Descendants
- French: délibération