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Webster 1913 Edition
Consideration
Con-sidˊer-a′tion
(kŏn-sĭdˊẽr-ā′shŭn)
, Noun.
[L.
consideratio
: cf. F. considération
.] 1.
The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.
Let us think with
consideration
. Sir P. Sidney.
Consideration
, like an angel, came. Shakespeare
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. Whewell.
3.
Thoughtful or sympathetic regard or notice.
Consideration
for the poor is a doctrine of the church. Newman.
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. Addison.
5.
The result of delibration, or of attention and examonation; matured opinion; a reflection;
as,
. considerations
on the choice of a profession6.
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. Dryden.
Some
considerations
which are necessary to the forming of a correct judgment. Macaulay.
7.
(Law)
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.
Bouvier.
☞ Consideration is what is done, or promised to be done, in exchange for a promise, and “as a mere advantage to the promisor without detriment to the promisee would not avail, the proper test is detriment to the promisee.”
Wharton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Consideration
CONSIDERATION
,Noun.
1.
The act of considering; mental view; regard; notice.Let us take into consideration the consequences of a hasty decision.
2.
Mature thought; serious deliberation.Let us think with consideration.
3.
Contemplation; meditation.The love you bear to Mopsa hath brought you to the consideration of her virtues.
4.
Some degree of importance; claim to notice, or regard; a moderate degree of respectability.Lucan is an author of consideration among the Latin poets.
5.
That which is considered; motive of action; influence; ground of conduct.He was obliged, antecedent to all other considerations, to search an asylum.
6.
Reason; that which induces to a determination.He was moved by the considerations set before him.
7.
In law, the reason which moves a contracting party to enter into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the price or motive of a stipulation. In all contracts, each party gives something in exchange for what he receives.A contract is an agreement, upon sufficient consideration. This consideration is express or implied; express, when the thing to be given or done is specified; implied, when no specific consideration is agreed upon, but justice requires it and the law implies it; as when a man labors for another, without stipulating for wages, the law infers that he shall receive a reasonable consideration. A good consideration is that of blood, or natural love; a valuable consideration, is such as money, marriage, &c. Hence a consideration is an equivalent or recompense; that which is given as of equal estimated value with that which is received.
Definition 2024
considération
considération
See also: consideration
French
Noun
considération f (plural considérations)
- consideration (the process of considering)
- esteem