deliberation

See also: délibération

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French deliberation, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin deliberatio

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

deliberation (countable and uncountable, plural deliberations)

1. The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.
   • 1863, Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist, 72

     The oftener the measure is brought under examination, the greater the diversity in the situations of those who are to examine it, the less must be the danger of those errors which flow from want of due deliberation, or of those missteps which proceed from the contagion of some common passion or interest.

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

   the deliberations of a legislative body or council

Derived terms

• deliberational
• predeliberation

Translations

the act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure

• Bulgarian: обмисляне (bg) n (obmisljane), преценяване (bg) n (precenjavane)
• Catalan: deliberació f
• Danish: overvejelse c
• Finnish: harkinta (fi), pohdinta (fi), pohdiskelu (fi)
• German: Abwägung (de) f
• Maori: taumauri
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: overveielse
• Portuguese: deliberação (pt) f
• Romanian: deliberare (ro) f
• Russian: обду́мывание (ru) n (obdúmyvanije), размышле́ние (ru) n (razmyšlénije), взве́шивание (ru) n (vzvéšivanije)
• Spanish: deliberación (es) f
• Swedish: överväga (sv)

careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure

• Bulgarian: разискване (bg) n (raziskvane)
• Catalan: deliberació f
• Danish: drøftelse c, rådslagning c
• Finnish: harkinta (fi), puinti (fi)
• German: Abwägung (de) f
• Greek: διαβούλευση (el) f (diavoúlefsi)
• Maori: taumauri
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: deliberação (pt) f
• Romanian: deliberare (ro) f
• Russian: рассмотре́ние (ru) n (rassmotrénije), взве́шивание (ru) n (vzvéšivanije)
• Spanish: deliberación (es) f
• Swedish: överläggning (sv) c
• Telugu: చర్చ (te) (carca)

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Middle French

Noun

deliberation f (plural deliberations)

1. deliberation; contemplation

Descendants

• French: délibération