Consideration /(kŏn*sĭd`ẽr*ā"shŭn)/

Con·sid·er·a·tion

Consideration

n.
  1. The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.
    Let us think with consideration.
    Consideration, like an angel, came.
  2. Attentive respect; appreciative regard; -- used especially in diplomatic or stately correspondence.
    The undersigned has the honor to repeat to Mr. Hulseman the assurance of his high consideration.
    — D. Webster.
    The consideration with which he was treated.
  3. Thoughtful or sympathetic regard or notice.
    Consideration for the poor is a doctrine of the church.
  4. Claim to notice or regard; some degree of importance or consequence.
    Lucan is the only author of consideration among the Latin poets who was not explained for . . . the Dauphin.
  5. The result of delibration, or of attention and examonation; matured opinion; a reflection; as, considerations on the choice of a profession.
  6. That which is, or should be, taken into account as a ground of opinion or action; motive; reason.
    He was obliged, antecedent to all other considerations, to search an asylum.
    Some considerations which are necessary to the forming of a correct judgment.
  7. The cause which moves a contracting party to enter into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the price of a stripulation; compensation; equivalent. (Law)