different between deliberation vs necessaries

English

Etymology

From Old French deliberation, from Latin deliberatioMorphologically deliberate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??l?b???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: de?lib?er?a?tion

Noun

deliberation (countable and uncountable, plural deliberations)

1. The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.
   • 1863, Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist, 72

     The oftener the measure is brought under examination, the greater the diversity in the situations of those who are to examine it, the less must be the danger of those errors which flow from want of due deliberation, or of those missteps which proceed from the contagion of some common passion or interest.

2. Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure

Derived terms

• deliberational
• predeliberation

Translations

Middle French

Noun

deliberation f (plural deliberations)

1. deliberation; contemplation

Descendants

• French: délibération

English

Noun

necessaries pl (plural only)

1. Necessary or indispensable items.

   • These exclamations continued till they were interrupted by the lady, who now proceeded to execute the commission given her by her brother, and gave orders for providing all necessaries for the child, appointing a very good room in the house for his nursery.

   • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

     Mechanically he returned home, gathered together a few small necessaries and special treasures he was fond of, and put them in a satchel; acting with slow deliberation, moving about the room like a sleep-walker; listening ever with parted lips.

Synonyms

• essentials

Related terms

• necessities

Anagrams

• necessaires, nécessaires