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/ɹˌiːkənsˌɪdəɹˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /ɹikənˌsɪdɝˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ɹikənˌsɪdɝˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- a consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a view to changing an earlier decision
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thinking again about a choice previously made
he had second thoughts about his purchase
How To Use reconsideration In A Sentence
- My position on euthanasia is actually derived from the ancient Greek one; that is, I am generally in favour of allowing it, as long as the person being euthanized is in perfectly sound mental condition, not non compos mentis, and has positively re-affirmed his decision at least three times over the period of at least a suspended period of time to allow for reconsideration (say 15 or 30 days). Matthew Yglesias » Bishops and Abortion
- The delegate moved for a reconsideration of the suggestion.
- The device of a court of five judges was adopted to add weight to the reconsideration of the earlier cases.
- They are seeking legal costs and an order remitting the issue of their promotion to the PSC for reconsideration within 14 days.
- The present policy dividing inpatient care of mentally disordered prisoners between the prison service and the NHS needs reconsideration.
- Muzaffar Salman/Associated Press The new protests, like this one at the Omayyad Mosque, come a day after President Assad's government announced concessions, including a raise for public workers, a reconsideration of an emergency law in place for nearly five decades and more freedom for news media. Unsatisfied in Syria
- In the last two decades, there has been a thoroughgoing reconsideration of the idea of a standard language or dialect or variety.
- The distance estimate to T Pyxidis, revised to 3,260 light-years from the previously estimated distance of 6,000 light-years has prompted a reconsideration of the details about the white dwarf. Could A Faraway Supernova Threaten Earth? | Universe Today
- So it might be more a matter of identifying the particular kinds of unfavourable adjective that are most prone to subsequent reconsideration - "unlistenable" certainly springs to mind, perhaps because the gauntlet it throws down is so easy to pick up - and learning to keep an eye out for them. The Guardian World News
- Grunge provided an opportunity, as punk had before, for separating the wheat from the chaffâannihilating acts that had truly been predicated on nothing but hairstyles and codpieces, and allowing reconsideration and critical filtering of arena rock, metal, and prog that might have been burdened with excessive pompousness and trippy kozmik imagery, but still possessed enduring value. Rush: a fanâs notes - Colby Cosh - Macleans.ca