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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Consideration \Con*sid`er*a"tion\, n. [L. consideratio: cf F. consid?ration.] 1. The 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. 2. Attentive respect; appreciative regard; -- used especially in diplomatic or stately correspondence. The undersigned has the honor to repeat to Mr Hulseman the assurance of his high consideration. --D. Webster. The consideration with which he was treated. --Whewell. 3. Thoughtful or sympathetic regard or notice. Consideration for the poor is a doctrine of the church. --Newman. 4. Claim to notice or regard; some degree of importance or consequence. Lucan is the only author of consideration among the Latin poets who was not explained for . . . the Dauphin. --Addison. 5. The result of delibration, or of attention and examonation; matured opinion; a reflection; as considerations on the choice of a profession. 6. That which is or should be taken into account as a ground of opinion or action motive; reason. He was obliged, antecedent to all other considerations, to search an asylum. --Dryden. Some considerations which are necessary to the forming of a correct judgment. --Macaulay. 7. (Law) The cause which moves a contracting party to enter into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the price of a stripulation; compensation; equivalent. --Bouvier. Note: Consideration is what is done or promised to be done in exchange for a promise, and ``as a mere advantage to the promisor without detriment to the promisee would not avail, the proper test is detriment to the promisee.'' --Wharton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: consideration n 1: the process of giving careful thought to something 2: information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take" [syn: {circumstance}, {condition}] 3: a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting); "consideration of the traffic problem took more than an hour" 4: kind and considerate regard for others "he showed no consideration for her feelings" [syn: {considerateness}, {thoughtfulness}] [ant: {inconsideration}, {inconsideration}] 5: a fee charged for work done [syn: {retainer}] 6: a considerate and thoughtful act [syn: {thoughtfulness}]
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