You searched for:
“advisement”
To carefully think about or to consider something carefully. (1)
This entry is located in the following unit:
Word a Day Revisited Index of Cartoons Illustrating the Meanings of Words
(page 6)
Word Entries containing the term:
“advisement”
take 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.
This entry is located in the following unit:
euphemisms and additional doubletalk
(page 1)