deliberation

1. 1.

   (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question

   “the deliberations of the jury”

   Broaderdiscussion

   plural

2. 2.

   careful consideration

   “a little deliberation would have deterred them”

   Synonymsweighingadvisement

   Broaderconsideration

   Narrowerthink
3. 3.

   planning something carefully and intentionally

   “it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting”

   Synonymscalculation

   Broaderplanning
4. 4.

   a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry

   Synonymsslownessdeliberatenessunhurriedness

   Broaderpace

   Narrowerleisurelinessdilatoriness
5. 5.

   the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision

   “he was a man of judicial deliberation”

   Synonymsdeliberateness

   Broaderthoughtfulness

   Narrowerintentionality

Other forms of deliberation

plural

deliberations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about deliberation

What does deliberation mean?

deliberation means "(usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deliberation?

deliberation has 5 syllables: de-lib-e-ra-tion. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /dɪˌlɪbɚˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for deliberation?

Close synonyms include weighing, advisement, calculation, slowness, deliberateness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deliberation a common word?

deliberation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with deliberation?

133 words rhyme with deliberation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.