Usually means: Deep reflective thought or meditation.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. contemplation: Merriam-Webster
  2. contemplation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. contemplation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. contemplation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. contemplation: Vocabulary.com
  6. Contemplation, contemplation: Wordnik
  7. contemplation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. contemplation: Wiktionary
  9. contemplation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. contemplation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. contemplation: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Contemplation, contemplation: Dictionary.com
  13. contemplation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. contemplation: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Contemplation (Christianity), Contemplation (Kafka), Contemplation (disambiguation), Contemplation (short story collection), Contemplation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Contemplation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. contemplation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. contemplation: Rhymezone
  19. Contemplation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. contemplation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. CONTEMPLATION: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  22. contemplation: FreeDictionary.org
  23. contemplation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. contemplation: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. contemplation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contemplation: Legal dictionary

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  1. Contemplation: Encyclopedia

Religion (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Religious Tolerance (No longer online)
  2. Contemplation: Catholic Encyclopedia
  3. Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contemplation: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (contemplation)

▸ noun:  The act of contemplating; musing; being highly concentrated in thought
▸ noun:  Holy meditation.
▸ noun:  The act of looking forward to a future event
▸ noun:  The state of being considered or planned.

Similar:
musing, meditation, rumination, thoughtfulness, reflexion, reflection, cogitation, contemplationism, contemplative, pondering, more...

Opposite:
action, impulsiveness, disregard, distraction, haste

Phrases:
in contemplation, self contemplation, to have in contemplation, contemplation of death, gift in contemplation of death, more...

Adjectives:
aesthetic, quiet, pure, silent, deep, mere, religious, mystical, serious, spiritual, legal

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    indigo,     lavender,     sage,     teal,     mauve, more...


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Similar:
musing, meditation, rumination, thoughtfulness, reflexion, reflection, cogitation, contemplationism, contemplative, pondering, more...

Opposite:
action, impulsiveness, disregard, distraction, haste

Phrases:
in contemplation, self contemplation, to have in contemplation, contemplation of death, gift in contemplation of death, transfer in contemplation of death, Christian contemplation, more...

Adjectives:
aesthetic, quiet, pure, silent, deep, mere, religious, mystical, serious, spiritual, legal

Colors:
    indigo,     lavender,     sage,     teal,     mauve, more...



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