Synonyms for deliberation
dɪˌlɪb əˈreɪ ʃənde·lib·er·a·tion

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1. deliberationnoun

   Synonyms:
   cessation, endurance, immobility, inaction, inactivity, inertia, passion (In philosophic sense), quiescence, quiet, repose, rest, suffering, suspension

   Antonyms:
   accomplishment, achievement, act, action, consummation, deed, doing, effect, execution, exercise, exertion, exploit, feat, motion, movement, operation, performance, proceeding, transaction, work

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1. deliberationnoun

   (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question

   "the deliberations of the jury"

   Synonyms:
   deliberateness, weighing, advisement, unhurriedness, slowness, calculation

2. deliberation, weighing, advisementnoun

   careful consideration

   "a little deliberation would have deterred them"

   Synonyms:
   deliberateness, weighing, advisement, unhurriedness, slowness, calculation

3. calculation, deliberationnoun

   planning something carefully and intentionally

   "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting"

   Synonyms:
   slowness, figuring, unhurriedness, calculation, reckoning, deliberateness, computation, computing, weighing, advisement

4. slowness, deliberation, deliberateness, unhurriednessnoun

   a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry

   Synonyms:
   ineptitude, unhurriedness, ineptness, calculation, slowness, subnormality, deliberateness, clumsiness, mental retardation, backwardness, weighing, maladroitness, awkwardness, advisement, retardation

5. deliberation, deliberatenessnoun

   the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision

   "he was a man of judicial deliberation"

   Synonyms:
   deliberateness, weighing, advisement, unhurriedness, slowness, calculation

Matched Categories

1. • Consideration
   • Discussion
   • Pace
   • Planning

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1. deliberationnoun

   Synonyms:
   consideration, meditation, cogitation, thought, reflection, circumspection, wariness, caution, thoughtfulness

2. deliberationnoun

   Synonyms:
   consultation, discussion

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1. deliberationnoun

   Synonyms:
   consideration, discussion, consultation

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1. List of paraphrases for "deliberation":

   délibération, deliberative, deliberations, discussion, consideration

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How to use deliberation in a sentence?

1. Michael Malone:

   We have always believed that excluding students from admission conflicts with our institutional values and principles, it is now clear, after further consultation and deliberation, that we can adopt a less restrictive policy.

2. W. M. L. Jay:

   Though a good motive cannot sanction a bad action, a bad motive will always vitiate a good action. In common and trivial matters we may act without motives, but in momentous ones the most careful deliberation is wisdom.

3. Author Unknown:

   What made the deepest impression upon you? inquired a friend one day of Lincoln, when you stood in the presence of the Falls of Niagara, the greatest of natural wonders? ---- The thing that stuck me most forcibly when I saw the Falls, Lincoln responded with the characteristic deliberation, was where in the world did all that water come from?

4. Charles de Gaulle:

   Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

5. Charles De Gaulle:

   Deliberation is the function of many, action is the function of one.