rumination

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Deep, careful thinking about something over a long time.

   After much rumination, she decided to leave her job and travel.

2. 2
   noun

   Repeated, anxious dwelling on the same negative thoughts.

   His constant rumination over past mistakes left him exhausted.

3. 3
   noun

   The act of chewing the cud, as cows and other ruminants do.

   The cattle's slow rumination filled the quiet barn.

From Latin rūminātio (“chewing the cud”); see ruminate.

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