RECONSIDERATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does reconsideration mean?
• RECONSIDERATION (noun)
The noun RECONSIDERATION has 2 senses:
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
Familiarity information: RECONSIDERATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RECONSIDERATION (noun)
Meaning:
A consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a view to changing an earlier decision
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reconsideration" is a kind of...):
consideration (a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting))
Meaning:
Thinking again about a choice previously made
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
afterthought; rethink; second thought; reconsideration
Context example:
he had second thoughts about his purchase
Hypernyms ("reconsideration" is a kind of...):
change of mind; flip-flop; reversal; turnabout; turnaround (a decision to reverse an earlier decision)
