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Consideration

The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.

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Narrower term 13

Advisement 76% connected

Counsel; advice; information.

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Contemplation 76% connected

The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.

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Deliberation 76% connected

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

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Exploration 76% connected

The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration…

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Justification 76% connected

The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindi…

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Musing 76% connected

of Muse

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Quid 76% connected

A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco.

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Reconsideration 76% connected

The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered; as, the reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body.

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Reflection 76% connected

The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.

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Reflexion 76% connected

See Reflection.

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Rumination 76% connected

The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.

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Tact 76% connected

The sense of touch; feeling.

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Weighing 76% connected

of Weigh

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Benignity 76% connected

The quality of being benign; goodness; kindness; graciousness.

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Cerebration 76% connected

Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.

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Discourse 76% connected

The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of…

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Discussion 76% connected

The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like.

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Fee 76% connected

property; possession; tenure.

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Information 76% connected

The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

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Intellection 76% connected

A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itsel…

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Kindness 76% connected

The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.

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Thinking 76% connected

of Think

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Thought 76% connected

of Think

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Treatment 76% connected

The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment.

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Consider 74% connected

To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

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Consider 74% connected

To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

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Considerate 74% connected

Given to consideration or to sober reflection; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circumspect; careful; esp. careful of the rights, claims,…

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Considerate 74% connected

Given to consideration or to sober reflection; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circumspect; careful; esp. careful of the rights, claims,…

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Study 74% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Study 74% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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View 74% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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View 74% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Circumstance 92% connected

That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.

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Condition 92% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Retainer 92% connected

One who, or that which, retains.

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