contemplation
I
noun
absorption, aim, attention, brooding, calculation, cerebration, cogitation, concentration, consideration, contemplatio, deliberateness, deliberation, design, determination, engrossment, envisagement, envisionment, examination, excogitation, expectance, expectation, forethought, goal, inspection, intellectualization, intent, intention, introspection, musing, observance, pensiveness, plan, pondering, preoccupation, prospect, purpose, ratiocination, reasoning, reflection, resolve, reverie, review, rumination, scrutiny, seriousness, speculation, study, surveillance, thought, thoughtfulness, weighing
associated concepts: contemplation of assignment, contemplation of bankruptcy, contemplation of insolvency, contemplation of marriage, contemplation of parties, in contemplation of death
II
index
deliberation, design (intent), dialectic, diligence (care), discretion (power of choice), discrimination (differentiation), expectation, forethought, hindsight, intent, introspection, judgment (discernment), prospect (outlook), purview, reflection (thought), speculation (conjecture), target
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006