deliberation

About 2.60 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   the deliberations of a legislative body or council

Similar words

deliberateness advisement weighing slowness unhurriedness calculation consideration consider considered thinking

Often followed by

and of in is on that to or about

Word family

deliberations deliberative deliberatively deliberativeness deliberativenesses