Con*sid`er*a"tion
(k&obreve;n*s&ibreve;d`&etilde;r*ā"shŭn),
n. [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.
Shak.
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 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.
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.
&fist; 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.
