cogitation
\ koj-i-TEY-shuhn \, noun;
1.concerted thought or reflection; meditation; contemplation: After hours of cogitation he came up with a new proposal .
2.the faculty of thinking:She was a serious student and had a great power of cogitation .
3.a thought; design or plan: to jot down one's cogitations .
Quotes:
How could I suggest anything, do you think I know what I have in mind, the captain responded whimsically after long cogitation , shaking his head for emphasis.
-- Péter Nádas, translated by Imre Goldstein, Parallel Stories , 2011
Out of the soil of strenuous cogitation , which is the engine of holy inspiration, and which you Karaites demean as mere contradiction, burst the sweet buds of Conduct and Conscience.
-- Cynthia Ozick, Heir to the Glimmering World , 2004
Origin:
Cogitation is derived from the Middle English word cogitaciun . The suffix -ion denotes action or conditions, as in opinion .
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