contemplation Definition

contemplate
verb contemplated, contemplating

tr & intr
1. To think about; to go over something mentally; to meditate.

Thesaurus: ruminate, deliberate, ponder, reflect, consider, muse, mull over, cogitate.
2. To look thoughtfully at something.

Thesaurus: examine, inspect, scrutinize, study, observe, regard, survey, behold, view.
3. To consider something as a possibility.

Thesaurus: expect, intend, plan, envisage, foresee.

Derivative: contemplation
noun

The process of thinking something over
Thesaurus: meditation, thought, reverie, rumination, lucubration.

Derivative: contemplator
noun

Etymology: 16c: from Latin contemplari to survey or look at carefully, from templum temple.