deliberation   (Sound)

The noun deliberation has 5 senses

• deliberation -- ((usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question; "the deliberations of the jury")


• deliberation, weighing, advisement -- (careful consideration; "a little deliberation would have deterred them")


• calculation, deliberation -- (planning something carefully and intentionally; "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting")


• slowness, deliberation, deliberateness, unhurriedness -- (a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry)


• deliberation, deliberateness -- (the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision; "he was a man of judicial deliberation")