Deliberative

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Assembled or organized for deliberation or debate: a deliberative legislature.
  • adj. Characterized by or for use in deliberation or debate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. That deliberates.
  • n. A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.
  • n. A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating.
  • n. A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.
  • n. A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to deliberation or meditation; consisting of or used in discussion; argumentative; reasoning: as, a deliberative judgment or opinion; territorial delegates have a deliberative voice in Congress (that is, a right to engage in debate, though not to vote).
  • Characterized by deliberation; proceeding from or acting by deliberation, especially by formal discussion: as, deliberative thought; the legislature is a deliberative body.
  • n. A discourse in which a question is discussed or weighed and examined.
  • n. In rhetoric, the art of proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it; the art of persuasion.
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  • adj. involved in or characterized by deliberation and discussion and examination
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    thoughtful   
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