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Deliberate

Deliberate Meaning & Definition
Deliberate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deliberate?

[adj] with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed"
[adj] by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"
[adj] produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation; "a studied smile"; "a note of biting irony and studied insult"- V.L.Parrington
[adj] carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony"
[adj] marked by careful consideration or reflection; "a deliberate decision"
[v] discuss the pros and cons of an issue
[v] think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Deliberate: calculated | careful | consider | debate | intended | intentional | knowing | measured | moot | premeditated | studied | thoughtful | turn over | unhurried | wilful | willful

Related Terms | Find terms related to Deliberate: advise with | advised | aforethought | aimed | aimed at | air | ambling | analyze | back down | balance | bargain | be abstracted | brood | brood over | calculated | call in | calm | canny | canvass | careful | cautious | chaw | chew over | chew the cud | circumspect | claudicant | cold-blooded | collected | collogue | comment upon | compare notes | composed | con over | confer | confer with | confident | conscious | consider | considerate | considered | consult | consult with | contemplate | contemplated | controvert | cool | counsel | crawling | creeping | creeping like snail | deal with | debate | deliberate over | deliberate upon | deliberated | demur | designed | digest | discourse about | discreet | discuss | discuss with | dispassionate | easy | envisaged | envisioned | even | examine | exchange observations | exchange views | falter | faltering | fastidious | fear | flagging | foot-dragging | foresighted | forethoughtful | gentle | gingerly | go into | gradual | guarded | halting | handle | hang back | hasteless | have conversations | heedful | hem and haw | hesitant | hesitate | hobbled | hobbling | hold conference | hover | hum and haw | idle | imperturbable | inactive | indolent | intended | intentional | introspect | investigate | jib | judicious | knock around | knowing | languid | languorous | lazy | leaving out nothing | leisurely | limping | lumbering | meant | measured | meditate | meditate upon | meditated | methodical | meticulous | mindful | moderate | mull | mull over | muse | muse on | muse over | negotiate | noncommittal | of design | on guard | orderly | overlooking no possibility | paced | painstaking | palaver | parley | pass under review | pause | pawky | perpend | planned | play around with | play with | poking | poky | politic | ponder | ponder over | powwow | prearranged | preconceived | premeditated | prepense | projected | proposed | provident | prudent | pull back | punctilious | purposed | purposeful | purposive | put heads together | rap | reason | reason about | reason the point | reason with | refer to | reflect | reflect over | regardful | regular | relaxed | reluctant | retreat | review | revolve | ruminate | ruminate over | run over | safe | sauntering | schemed | scruple | scrupulous | serene | shilly-shally | shuffling | shy | sift | sit down together | sit down with | slack | slothful | slow | slow as death | slow as molasses | slow as slow | slow to act | slow-crawling | slow-foot | slow-going | slow-legged | slow-moving | slow-paced | slow-poky | slow-running | slow-sailing | slow-stepped | sluggish | snaillike | snail-paced | speculate | staggering | steady | stick at | stickle | stop to consider | straddle the fence | strain at | strolling | studied | studious | study | sure | systematic | take counsel | take up | take up with | talk | talk about | talk of | talk over | teleological | tentative | think about | think over | think twice about | thorough | thoughtful | thought-out | thresh out | toddling | tortoiselike | tottering | toy with | treat | trudging | turn over | turtlelike | unadventurous | uncommunicative | undaring | unenterprising | unfaltering | unhasty | unhesitating | unhurried | unprecipitate | unruffled | ventilate | voluntary | waddling | weigh | willful | withdraw | witting | yield

See Also | affected | consult | discuss | premeditate | see | take counsel | talk over | think twice | unnatural | vex | wrestle

Deliberate In Webster's Dictionary

\De*lib"er*ate\, a. [L. deliberatus, p. p. of deliberare to deliberate; de- + librare to weigh. See {Librate}.] 1. Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor. ``These deliberate fools.'' --Shak. 2. Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully considered; not sudden or rash; as, a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result. Settled visage and deliberate word. --Shak. 3. Not hasty or sudden; slow. --Hooker. His enunciation was so deliberate. --W. Wirt.
\De*lib"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deliberated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deliberating}.] To weigh in the mind; to consider the reasons for and against; to consider maturely; to reflect upon; to ponder; as, to deliberate a question.
\De*lib"er*ate\, v. i. To take counsel with one's self; to weigh the arguments for and against a proposed course of action; to reflect; to consider; to hesitate in deciding; -- sometimes with on, upon, about, concerning. The woman that deliberates is lost. --Addison.

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