reconsideration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a view to changing an earlier decision
  2. noun thinking again about a choice previously made
    rethink; second thought; afterthought.
    • he had second thoughts about his purchase

WordNet

Re`con*sid`er*a"tion noun
Definitions
  1. The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered; as, the reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body.

Webster 1913