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consideration
A	noun
	1	consideration, thoughtfulness
			a considerate and thoughtful act
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚kindness; benignity ╚consideration, thoughtfulness
	2	consideration, considerateness, thoughtfulness
			kind and considerate regard for others; "he showed no consideration for her feelings"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚quality ╚morality ╚good; goodness ╚kindness ╚consideration, considerateness, thoughtfulness ╚tact; tactfulness ╚attentiveness
	3	consideration
			the process of giving careful thought to something
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚process; cognitive process; mental process; operation; cognitive operation ╚higher cognitive process ╚thinking; thought; cerebration; intellection; mentation ╚consideration ╚contemplation; reflection; reflexion; rumination; musing; thoughtfulness ╚exploration ╚deliberation; weighing; advisement
	4	circumstance, condition, consideration
			information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚information ╚circumstance, condition, consideration ╚mitigating circumstance ╚justification
	5	consideration
			a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting); "consideration of the traffic problem took more than an hour"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚communication; communicating ╚discussion; treatment; discourse ╚consideration ╚reconsideration
	6	retainer, consideration
			a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone
		Category Tree: possession ╚transferred property; transferred possession ╚loss ╚financial loss ╚outgo; expenditure; outlay ╚cost ╚charge ╚fixed charge; fixed cost; fixed costs ╚fee ╚retainer, consideration ╚quid pro quo; quid

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