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Deliberative

Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body.

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Thoughtful 84% connected

Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind.

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Thoughtful 84% connected

Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind.

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Deliberate 74% connected

Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in det…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Deliberate 74% connected

Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in det…

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Act noun · 78% connection

The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edi…

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Active adjective · 78% connection

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; a…

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Actual adjective · 78% connection

Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivabl…

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Agitation noun · 78% connection

Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.

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Audit adjective · 78% connection

An examination in general; a judicial examination.

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Canvass noun · 78% connection

Examination in the way of discussion or debate.

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Cerebroscopy noun · 78% connection

Examination of the brain for the diagnosis of disease; esp., the act or process of diagnosticating the condition of the brain by exami…

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Conclude verb · 78% connection

reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation

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Consideration noun · 78% connection

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

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Consult noun · 78% connection

The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision.

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Council noun · 78% connection

Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.

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Deliberation noun · 78% connection

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

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Deportment noun · 78% connection

Manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of acting; conduct; carriage; especially, manner of acting with respect to the cou…

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Disquisition noun · 78% connection

A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with the argument…

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Double-acting adjective · 78% connection

Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.

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Duplicity noun · 78% connection

acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

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Faction noun · 78% connection

A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minorit…

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Hasty noun · 78% connection

Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.

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