Other forms: reconsidered, reconsidering, reconsiders
To reconsider is to think again about a decision. Reconsider your position, please reconsider, ask them to reconsider.
It carries a hope of reversal: asking somebody to reconsider is asking them to change their mind politely. In formal contexts it is a procedural step — a motion to reconsider, a request for reconsideration — with rules about when it may be asked. Note reconsideration; and that reconsider implies the first decision was properly made and may still be wrong, which is why it is less confrontational than appeal.
1verbreconsiderTo think again about a decision.
“Please reconsider your decision to leave the team.”
reconsider is a rethinking.
Latin
considero
Middle French
considerer
Middle English
consideren
English
consider
English, today
reconsider
From re- + consider. consider comes from Middle English consideren, from Middle French considerer, from Latin considero.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA