meditation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The practice of quieting and focusing the mind for relaxation or spiritual purposes.

   Daily meditation helps her feel calm and less stressed.

2. 2
   noun

   Deep, careful thought about a subject.

   After much meditation, she finally made her decision.

3. 3
   noun

   A piece of writing or speech that thoughtfully explores a subject.

   Her book is really a meditation on the art of cooking.

From Old French meditacion, from Latin meditatio, from meditatus, the past participle of meditārī (“to meditate, to think over, consider”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, limit, consider, advise”).

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