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1. Carefully thought out in advance
   "a deliberate insult"
   - calculated, measured
    
2. 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
   - debate

Derived forms: deliberating, deliberated, deliberates

See also: deliberately, deliberateness, deliberation, deliberative, intended, scienter, unhurried

Type of: discuss, hash out, talk over

Encyclopedia: Deliberate