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reconsideration

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of reconsidering.
  • noun A second consideration; specifically, in deliberative assemblies, the taking Up for renewed consideration that which has been passed or acted upon previously, as a motion, vote, etc. Usually a motion to reconsider can be made only by a person who voted with the majority.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun the act of reconsidering or something reconsidered

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a view to changing an earlier decision
  • noun thinking again about a choice previously made

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Examples

  • Perhaps the place to begin such a reconsideration is simply to remind ourselves that "theory" itself is a by-product of the transformation of the English department into the academic department assigned to "study" literature in the first place.

    Literary Study 2009

  • This tiny bit of racial reconsideration is the only unequivocally good news to come out of the Facebook Usernames launch.

    Exclusive: The Future of Facebook Usernames - Anil Dash 2009

  • Usually, after initial denial, reconsideration is a bust.

    Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Help a Brother Out 2010

  • The "new normal" required that we adopt a "new paradigm," which in turn required, according to an internal White House memo signed by President Bush, "new thinking in the law of war," in other words a reconsideration of the Geneva Convention's prohibition against torture.

    Politics in the 'New Normal' America Didion, Joan 2004

  • The “new normal” required that we adopt a “new paradigm,” which in turn required, according to an internal White House memo signed by President Bush, “new thinking in the law of war,” in other words a reconsideration of the Geneva Convention’s prohibition against torture.

    Writers and Politics « So Many Books 2004

  • Now the president will have 30 days to either approve a bill or return it to Congress for reconsideration, which is Mexico's equivalent of a veto.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2011

  • Now the president will have 30 days to either approve a bill or return it to Congress for reconsideration, which is Mexico's equivalent of a veto.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • If there is a denial you then must file an appeal called reconsideration and then it is sent back to the state agency where another decision is made.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • If there is a denial you then must file an appeal called reconsideration and then it is sent back to the state agency where another decision is made.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • If there is a denial you then must file an appeal called reconsideration and then it is sent back to the state agency where another decision is made.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

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