deliberateness.

The quality of acting intentionally and with considered attention rather than by accident or impulse.

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Words that belong together

• deliberateness of the choice
• calm deliberateness

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The deliberateness of the gesture made it impossible to dismiss as a slip.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.