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act of liberating or the state of being liberated. This mode of analysis requires perfect liberation from all prejudged system. Pownall.

measure; careful consideration; mature reflection. Choosing the fairest way with a calm deliberation. W. Montagu.

Previous deliberation.

The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress.

Consideration; deliberation; consultation. Tempering the passion with advisement slow. Spenser.

persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for social entertainment.

Advice; opinion; deliberation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Advisement; observation; deliberation. [Obs.]

bluntly giving his opinions, he would quietly lay himself asleep until the end of their deliberations. Jeffrey.

A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery. The deliberations of calamity are rarely wise. Burke. Where'er I came I brought calamity. Tennyson.

eping carpets. -- To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression derived from the use of carpets as table cover. -- Brussels carpet. See under Brussels.

act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention. Let us think with consideration. Sir P. Sidney. Consideration, like an angel, came. Shak.

With consideration or deliberation.

The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision. Thus they doubtful consultations dark Ended. Milton.

An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case.

nment under the mark system, restraint intermediate between imprisonment and freedom, and liberation on ticket of leave.

Controversy; deliberation; debate. [R.] A serious question and debatement with myself. Milton.

Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully considered; not sudden or rash; as, a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result. Settled visage and deliberate word. Shak.

With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed.

Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body. A consummate work of deliberative wisdom. Bancroft. The court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown. Hallam.…