Deliberation

Definitions

1. The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.
   countable, uncountable
2. Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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⟳.”

“the deliberations of a legislative body or council”

CEFR level