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n. The act or process of deliberating.

n. Discussion and consideration of all sides of an issue: the deliberations of a jury.

n. Thoughtfulness in decision or action.

n. Leisureliness in motion or manner: The girl stacked the blocks with deliberation.

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

n. Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure; as, the deliberations of a legislative body or council.

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

n. Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure.

n. The act of deliberating; the act of weighing and examining conflicting reasons or principles; consideration; mature reflection.

n. Mutual discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure: as, the deliberations of a legislative body or a council.

n. Slowness in decision or action: as, he spoke with the greatest deliberation.

n. In criminal law, reflection, however brief, upon the act before committing it; fixed and determined purpose, as distinguished from sudden impulse.

n. careful consideration

n. the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision

n. (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question

n. planning something carefully and intentionally

n. a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry

"Here the lay judges get a chance to question the victim and they sit in deliberation with the professional judges to decide not just guilt or innocence, but also the sentencing."

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