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“advisement”
To carefully think about or to consider something carefully. (1)
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Word a Day Revisited Index of Cartoons Illustrating the Meanings of Words
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“advisement”
take under advisement (verb phrase), takes under advisement; took under advisement; taking under advisement
To shelve or to delay, usually, without taking any action: "I'll take that under advisement" is the typical bureaucratic dodge for deferring an action in the hope that the problem will go away without further action, which is usually what happens.
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euphemisms and additional doubletalk
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