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  • 81deliberation — de·lib·er·a·tion /di ˌli bə rā shən/ n 1 a: the act of deliberating compare premeditation b: a discussion and consideration by a group of persons (as a jury or legislature) of the reasons for or against a measure 2: the quality or state of being… …

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  • 82contemplation — I noun absorption, aim, attention, brooding, calculation, cerebration, cogitation, concentration, consideration, contemplatio, deliberateness, deliberation, design, determination, engrossment, envisagement, envisionment, examination, excogitation …

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  • 83design — I (construction plan) noun blueprint, chart, conception, delineation, depiction, descriptio, diagram, draft, drawing, forma, graph, layout, lineamenta, map, model, outline, picture, plan, preliminary drawing, projection, proof, rendering,… …

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  • 84predetermination — I noun aim, bias, closed mindedness, conclusion beforehand, conclusion in advance, decision beforehand, decision in advance, destined lot, destiny, fate, fixed future, force of circumstances, foredoom, foregone conclusion, forejudgment,… …

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  • 85strategy — I noun approach, arrangement, art of war, artifice, battle maneuver, campaign, careful methods, careful plans, consilium, contrivance, course, course of action, cunning, design, devices, engineering, forethought, intrigue, intriguery, invention,… …

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  • 86care — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. i. like, have affection (for). See care, pity, feeling. II Solicitude Nouns 1. (concern) care, concern, consideration, solicitude, anxiety, heed, heedfulness; conscientiousness, watchfulness,… …

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  • 87discretion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. judgment; tact, finesse, taste.See caution, will. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Cautious or prudent conduct] Syn. caution, prudence, tact, diplomacy, foresight, mature judgment, circumspection, carefulness,… …

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  • 88prudence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. discretion, carefulness, caution, circumspection, tact; policy, foresight; care, thought fulness, judiciousness. See virtue. Ant., imprudence. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. caution, circumspection, judgment …

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  • 89unpremeditated — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. extempore, impromptu, extemporary, impulsive, spontaneous. See impulse, unpreparedness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. hasty, unconsidered, blundering, without forethought; see rash , thoughtless 1 .… …

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  • 90calculation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of calcuLating] Syn. computation, estimation, prediction, figuring, reckoning, adding, subtracting, dividing, multiplying, totaling, count; see also estimate 1 , guess . 2. [A forecast] Syn. prediction, prognosis,… …

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