Definition of contemplation

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Contemplation (n.) The act of looking forward to an event as about to happen; expectation; the act of intending or purposing.

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Studious :: Studious (a.) Given to thought, or to the examination of subjects by contemplation; contemplative..
Reflection :: Reflection (n.) Result of meditation; thought or opinion after attentive consideration or contemplation; especially, thoughts suggested by truth..
Contemplation :: Contemplation (n.) The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.
Contemplative :: Contemplative (a.) Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative..
Contemplant :: Contemplant (a.) Given to contemplation; meditative.
Muse :: Muse (n.) Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.
Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception..
Resentment :: Resentment (n.) The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon something; a state of consciousness; conviction; feeling; impression..
Contemplation :: Contemplation (n.) Holy meditation.
Theocrasy :: Theocrasy (n.) An intimate union of the soul with God in contemplation, -- an ideal of the Neoplatonists and of some Oriental mystics..
Quietism :: Quietism (n.) The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of God and his attributes..
Cogitative :: Cogitative (a.) Given to thought or contemplation.
Contemplatively :: Contemplatively (adv.) With contemplation; in a contemplative manner.
Active :: Active (a.) Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman..
Contemplative :: Contemplative (a.) Having the power of contemplation; as, contemplative faculties..
Studies :: Studious (a.) Favorable to study; suitable for thought and contemplation; as, the studious shade..
Consideration :: Consideration (n.) The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.
Gymnosophist :: Gymnosophist (n.) One of a sect of philosophers, said to have been found in India by Alexander the Great, who went almost naked, denied themselves the use of flesh, renounced bodily pleasures, and employed themselves in the contemplation of nature..
Contemplance :: Contemplance (n.) Contemplation.
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