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 | ||