reconsideration

3 definitions found

reconsideration - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Reconsideration \Re`con*sid`er*a"tion\ (-?"sh?n), n.
     The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered;
     as, the reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body.
     [1913 Webster]

reconsideration - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  reconsideration
      n 1: a consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a view to
           changing an earlier decision
      2: thinking again about a choice previously made; "he had second
         thoughts about his purchase" [syn: reconsideration, second   thought
         , afterthought, rethink]

reconsideration - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "reconsideration":
     afterthought, commitment to memory, developed thought,
     exercise of memory, flashback, hindsight, learning by heart,
     looking back, mature thought, memoir, memorization, memorizing,
     re-examination, reappraisal, recall, recalling, recollecting,
     recollection, reflection, remembering, remembrance, reminiscence,
     rethinking, retrospect, retrospection, revaluation, review,
     revision, ripe idea, rote, rote memory, second thought,
     second thoughts, study