deliberation

Syllables: de·lib·er·a·tion/dɪˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən/

deliberation noun: the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.

Noun

deliberation (countable and uncountable, plural deliberations)

The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.
- 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...1863, Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist, section 72
Synonyms:

cogitation, contemplation, mulling, musing, pondering, meditation, reflection, rethinking, reconsideration, rumination
Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure.
- the deliberations of a legislative body or council

deliberation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

deliberation in Hindi

the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure: विमर्श vimarś, मंथन manthan
careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure: विमर्श vimarś, चर्चा carcā, मंथन manthan

deliberation in Tamil

ஆழ்ந்தாய்வு, ஆழ்ந்தாராய்வு, கருத்துரையாடல், ஆழ்ந்தாய்வு செய்தல், கலந்தாய்வு, ஆழ்ந்த ஆராய்வு

deliberation in Marathi

विचारविनिमय

deliberation in Urdu

deliberation: وچار vicār

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deliberation in Bengali: যুক্তি jukti
deliberation in Telugu: చర్చ carca
deliberation in Malayalam: ദീർഘമായ ആലോചന, മുൻകൂട്ടി ആലോചിക്കൽ, ചർച്ച, സമീക്ഷ
deliberation in Kannada: ವಿಚಾರಣೆ vicāraṇe
deliberation in Sanskrit: संख्या saṃkhyā
deliberation in Vietnamese: sự cân nhắc

Examples of deliberation in a sentence

After much deliberation we decided to sign up for satellite TV.
The bill was finally touched after many hours of deliberation.
After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision.

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Synonyms of deliberation

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thought

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Forms of deliberation

plural	deliberations

Plural of deliberation: deliberations

Origin of deliberation

From Middle English deliberacioun, from Old French deliberation, from Latin deliberātiō. Morphologically deliberate + -ion.

Words formed from deliberation

Words that rhyme with deliberation

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Questions about deliberation

What does deliberation mean?: Deliberation means the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.
What is deliberation in Hindi?: Deliberation in Hindi is विमर्श (vimarś), मंथन (manthan), चर्चा (carcā). See Deliberation meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is deliberation?: Deliberation is a noun.
How do you pronounce deliberation?: Deliberation is pronounced /dɪˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən/.
What is the plural of deliberation?: The plural of deliberation is deliberations.

Words near deliberation in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: deliberation (page history and authors); deliberation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deliberation (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); وچار (Urdu) (page history and authors); যুক্তি (Bengali) (page history and authors); deliberation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ವಿಚಾರಣೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); संख्या (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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