Definition of Reconsideration

1. Noun. A consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a view to changing an earlier decision.

Generic synonyms: Consideration
Derivative terms: Reconsider

2. Noun. Thinking again about a choice previously made. "He had second thoughts about his purchase"

Definition of Reconsideration

1. n. The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered; as, the reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body.

Definition of Reconsideration

1. Noun. the act of reconsidering or something reconsidered ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reconsideration

1. consideration [n -S] - See also: consideration

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reconsideration

reconquer
reconquered
reconquering
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reconsecrated
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reconsecrations
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reconsoled
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Literary usage of Reconsideration

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Legislative Procedure: Parliamentary Practices and the Course of Business in by Robert Luce (1922)
"Likewise (in 1897) a member of the minority of the Pennsylvania House having moved a reconsideration, when it was later averred that since this was ..."

2. The Woman's Manual of Parliamentary Law: With Practical Illustrations by Harriette Robinson Shattuck (1895)
"CHAPTER X Reconsideration OF VOTES Reconsideration DEFINED; NATURE OF THE MOTION ... Reconsideration Defined. After the vote has been taken upon a motion, ..."

3. Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives by Clarence A. Cannon, United States Congress. House, Thomas Jefferson (1919)
"Here the votes of negative and reconsideration, like positive and negative quantities in equation, destroy one another, and are as if they were expunged ..."

4. The Veto Power: Its Origin, Development, and Function in the Government of by Edward Campbell Mason (1890)
"Has the Speaker a right to vote on reconsideration? ... Second reconsideration of a veto. — The question whether a house after taking a vote upon a vetoed ..."

5. The Veto Power: Its Origin, Development, and Function in the Government of by Edward Campbell Mason (1891)
"Has the Speaker a right to vote on reconsideration ? ... Second reconsideration of a veto.—The question whether a house after taking a vote upon a vetoed ..."

6. The Papers of James Madison: Purchased by Order of the Congress, Being His by James Madison (1840)
"Mr. GERRY gave notice, that he would to-morrow move for a reconsideration of the mode of appointing the National Executive, in order to substitute an ..."

7. Commentaries on the Modern Law of Municipal Corporations: Including Public by John Wilson Smith, Charles Fisk Beach (1903)
"Reconsideration distinguished from repeal.—A limitation of the power of municipal legislative bodies to reconsider their actions, and the distinction ..."

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