English noun: reconsideration | |||
1. | reconsideration (communication) a consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a view to changing an earlier decision | ||
Broader (hypernym) | consideration | ||
2. | reconsideration (cognition) thinking again about a choice previously made | ||
Samples | He had second thoughts about his purchase. | ||
Synonyms | afterthought, rethink, second thought | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change of mind, flip-flop, reversal, turnabout, turnaround | ||