consideration

Noun

• a considerate and thoughtful act

• a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone

• kind and considerate regard for others
  • he showed no consideration for her feelings
    

• a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting)
  • consideration of the traffic problem took more than an hour
    

• information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
  • another consideration is the time it would take
    

• the process of giving careful thought to something

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  thoughtfulness , retainer , considerateness , circumstance , condition
• Antonyms: 
  inconsideration , inconsiderateness , thoughtlessness