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Consideration

noun

The process of giving careful thought to something.

Information that should be kept in mind when making a decision. Synonyms: circumstance, condition.

A discussion of a topic (as in a meeting).

Kind and considerate regard for others. Synonyms: considerateness, thoughtfulness.

A fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone. Synonym: retainer.

A considerate and thoughtful act. Synonym: thoughtfulness.

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— A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties • Charles Major

... proposal worthy of consideration. But Captain Norton was of opinion that the risk to the young lady would be too great; for though the Indians in the village might very possibly have no fire-arms, they had bows and arrows, and a chance arrow might strike her as well ...

— In the Wilds of Florida - A Tale of Warfare and Hunting • W.H.G. Kingston

... for some years previous to 1848. This led to the decline of its influence—an influence still daily diminishing; but withal, even still the press in France has more influence, and enjoys more social and literary consideration, than the press in England. We believe that newspaper writers in France are not now so generally well paid as they were twenty or thirty years ago. Two or three eminent writers can always command in Paris what would be called a sporting price, but the great mass of leading-article writers ...

— The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 • Various

... and Richard thought it best to sail with him. Phyllis was willing to go. She had had a charming visit, but she had many duties and friends on the other side, and her heart, also, was there. As for danger or discomfort in a winter passage, she did not think it worth consideration. Some discomfort there must be; and if storm, or even death came, she was as near to heaven by ...

— The Hallam Succession • Amelia Edith Barr

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