Meanings
plural premeditations
- countableuncountableThe act of planning or plotting something in advance, especially a crime.
1 more example
Prosecutors argued in opening statements that Clancy had “coldly and efficiently executed” her children, doing so with “no hesitation, with deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity and cruelty” after she “drew her husband out of the house, their father, so that she had the opportunity and the time to carry out these murders”.
2026 September 4, Edward Helmore, Maya Yang, “Judge declares mistrial in Lindsay Clancy case after jury deadlocked again”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2026Synonyms: malice aforethought
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of planning or plotting something in advance, especially a crime.
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Origin
- Latinpraemeditātiō
- Latinpraemeditātiō
- Englishpremeditation
Learned borrowing from Latin praemeditātiō.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سبق الإصرار والترصّد
- سبق الإصرار والترصّدthe act of planning or plotting
Danish forsæt
- forsætthe act of planning or plotting
Dutch beraming, opzet
- beramingthe act of planning or plotting
- opzetthe act of planning or plotting
- voorbedachte raadthe act of planning or plotting
- voorbedachtheidthe act of planning or plotting
Finnish harkinta, vakaa harkinta
- harkintathe act of planning or plotting
- vakaa harkintathe act of planning or plotting
French préméditation
- préméditationthe act of planning or plotting
German Vorsatz, Vorbedacht
- Vorsatzthe act of planning or plotting
- Vorbedachtthe act of planning or plotting
- Vorsätzlichkeitthe act of planning or plotting
Italian premeditazione
- premeditazionethe act of planning or plotting
Polish premedytacja
- premedytacjathe act of planning or plotting
Russian предумы́шленность, преднаме́ренность
- предумы́шленность (predumýšlennostʹ)the act of planning or plotting
- преднаме́ренность (prednamérennostʹ)the act of planning or plotting
Spanish alevosía, premeditación
- alevosíathe act of planning or plotting
- premeditaciónthe act of planning or plotting
Ukrainian навми́сність, уми́сність
- навми́сність (navmýsnistʹ)the act of planning or plotting
- уми́сність (umýsnistʹ)the act of planning or plotting
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with premeditation
Cite this entry
premeditation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premeditation
“premeditation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premeditation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “premeditation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premeditation.
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