premeditation
noun
1 premeditation
Planning or plotting in advance of acting.
synonym: forethought.
Roget 611: predestination, preordination, premeditation, predeliberation†, predetermination; foregone conclusion, fait accompli [Fr.]; parti pris [Fr.]; resolve, propendency†; intention etc. 620; project ... show more
2 premeditation
law Thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance of the crime; goes to show criminal intent.
Moby thesaurus: aforethought, calculatedness, calculation, caution, deliberateness, deliberation, express intention, expressness, forethought, frame-up, intentionality, packed deal, packed jury, planning, plotting, prearrangement, preconcertedness, preconsideration, predeliberation, predetermination ... show more.
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