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    [Verb]  | "de*lib*er*ate" | \ di-ˈli-bə-ˌrāt \


    1: to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully

    2: to think about deliberately and often with formal discussion before reaching a decision


    Origin: 1536 ;

     See: {deliberate:2 };

    [Adjective]  | "de*lib*er*ate" | \ di-ˈli-bə-rət \


    1: characterized by or resulting from careful and thorough consideration

    2: characterized by awareness of the consequences

    3: slow, unhurried, and steady as though allowing time for decision on each individual action involved


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, from Latin deliberatus, past participle of deliberare to consider carefully, perhaps alteration of *delibrare, from de- + libra scale, pound;

    [Adjective]  | "deliberate" 


    1: decided on as a result of careful thought;


      * e.g., " ... the judge made a deliberate decision to impose the maximum sentence "





    2: made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing;


      * e.g., " ... a deliberate act of vandalism that should not go unpunished "





    [Verb]  | "deliberate" 


    1: to give serious and careful thought to;


      * e.g., " ... the jury deliberated the case for three days before returning a verdict "



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     [ "deliberately" ]

    1: consciously and intentionally; on purpose.

      * e.g.,  ... I deliberately didn't do my homework. 

     [ "Deliberation" ]

    1:  the careful consideration of all sides of an issue

      * e.g.,  ... The American legislature is supposed to have a deliberative process whereby law-making is slow because of the time it takes to determine the best policy and build a consensus in its favor. "For Your Deliberation" - phrase used by TheDelibero.com when referring to a fact or opinion that merits discussion 


     [ "Deliberation" ]

    2:  reasoned and thoughtful discussion about a question


     [ "Deliberation" ]

    3:  the process of discussion by which consensus, wisdom, and truth are reached in a collective fashion

     [ "Deliberate" ]

    1: To imprison someone

      * e.g.,  ... "Why did you buy a tazer?" 

     [ "deliberating" ]

    1: When on MSN having a conversation with more than one person in one window, and two or more of the people are secretly plotting or talking in a seperate MSN window about that mass conversation

      * e.g.,  ... Are they deliberating behind our backs again???! It's not about John Cena is it?? 

     [ "deliberant" ]

    1: The act of having a small penis.

      * e.g.,  ... Justin is deliberant. :D 

     [ "Deliberate Freakout" ]

    1: A deliberate Freakout is planned. When life gets to be too much, you plan to cut loose and get wild, most often with a friend. Those who choose to participate know that things could get out of hand.

      * e.g.,  ... My mom has been sick lately and I can't deal with so my friend, Ben and I are planning a deliberate freakout next weekend. It's gonna get wild! 

     [ "Heuristical deliberation" ]

    1: A condition in which bias consumes the minds capacity allowing reason to be confused in analytical process by ones belief.

      * e.g.,  ... Fighting the reason for vaccination mandates is a result of heuristical deliberation. 

     [ "Repeated deliberate antagonization" ]

    1: Justifies violence?

      * e.g.,  ... Hym "If repeated deliberate antagonization is justification for violence then you sorry bastards are not going to be having a very good time!" Iam "We're citing the Mike Tison thing, by the way. Because that guy was wrong to antagonize him but he (Tison) was also wrong to attack him BUT the guy knew who he was and did it anyway. Which makes him stupid. Which is what makes it funny. That one of the guys did a thing that was wrong and did it deliberately to a guy that he should know not to do that to which makes him stupid." Hym "And it doesn't take much to apply that line of reasoning to our situation does it? So, yeah... OUT OF THE CAGE NOW!!" Iam "Yeah... So it is an excuse to do that.... Just sayin'..." 

     [ "Deliberate asymmetry" ]

    1: That's cute I like the wavey shit going on there. Makes you look like a Pokemon gym leader or something.

      * e.g.,  ... Hym "I like the deliberate asymmetry. It looks nice. Say, did he shout 'I am Hym' when he came or no? Because, if not, their not doing it right. The daughter bang by proxy doesn't have the same impact if they don't do it right. It doesn't demonstrate what the other ones have to look forward to. I did write that one down? I'm pretty sure i wrote that one down...." 

     [ "deliberate incompetence" ]

    1: Deliberate incompetence is a form of extreme couuetil occurs when a person find it to be in his or her best interests to pretend to have a low level of intelligence, or pretend to have beahvioral problems, or pretend to have inferior skills. Deliberate incompetence is also a form of harassment Christians and other religions use to target workers with superior skills. Deliberate incompetence is closely related to the drone phenomenon and religious and nationalist corruption.

      * e.g.,  ... I have known that man for years! He's not incompetent, he's pretending to be! This is motivated deliberate incompetence. 

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