Other forms: deliberations
Deliberation is long careful thought — or slow unhurried movement. Both mean nothing is being rushed.
The thinking sense is formal and legal, and a jury retires for deliberation, which is a defined stage of a trial. It is often plural, so the committee's deliberations means their discussions. The movement sense describes manner, and somebody who moves with great deliberation is being careful rather than slow, which is a compliment. The adjective deliberate covers both intention and slowness.
1noundeliberationCareful consideration before making a decision.
“After long deliberation they chose the second design.”
2nounslowSlow and careful manner.
“He unfolded the paper with enormous deliberation.”
Latin
deliberātiō
Old French
deliberation
Middle English
deliberacioun
English, today
deliberation
From Middle English deliberacioun, from Old French deliberation, from Latin deliberātiō. Morphologically deliberate + ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA