1. Characterized by conscious design or purpose
   "a deliberate attempt to provoke a response";
   - intentional, knowing
    
2. Carefully thought out in advance
   "he made a deliberate decision not to respond negatively";
   - calculated, measured
    
3. Unhurried and with care and dignity
   "with all deliberate speed";
   - careful, measured

1. Think about carefully; weigh
   "They deliberated the possibility of a strike";
   - consider, debate, moot, turn over
    
2. Discuss the pros and cons of an issue
   "The committee deliberated the merits of the proposed legislation";
   - debate

Derived forms: deliberated, deliberating, deliberates

See also: intended, unhurried

Type of: discuss, hash out, talk over

Encyclopedia: Deliberate