1. Careful consideration
   "a little deliberation would have deterred them";
   - weighing, advisement
    
2. Planning something carefully and intentionally
   "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting";
   - calculation
    
3. The trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision
   "he was a man of judicial deliberation";
   - deliberateness
    
4. A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
   "The deliberation of his approach calmed the nervous animal";
   - slowness, deliberateness, unhurriedness
    
5. (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question
   "the deliberations of the jury"

Derived forms: deliberations

Type of: consideration, discussion, give-and-take, pace, planning, preparation, provision, rate, thoughtfulness, word

Encyclopedia: Deliberation