advisement

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noun

Consideration or deliberation.

“He took the situation under advisement, but was able to draw no conclusion.”

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deliberationweighing
OriginMiddle English advisement ← Old French advisement →
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Meanings

nounadvisement (usually uncountable, plural advisements)

plural advisements · alternative avisement

  1. USuncountableusuallyConsideration or deliberation.

    He took the situation under advisement, but was able to draw no conclusion.

  2. archaicuncountableusuallyAdvice, counsel.

    Her wiſely comforted all, that ſhe might, / With goodly counſell and aduiſement right; […]

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 141

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncareful consideration

Similar
deliberationweighing
Broader
consideration
Also see
deliberationweighing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchadvisement
  2. Middle Englishadvisement
  3. Englishadvisement

From Middle English advisement, avisement, from Old French advisement, avisement, from adviser, aviser + -ment.

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APA

advisement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advisement

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“advisement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advisement. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “advisement,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advisement.

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