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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea that occurs after it is timely |
| Synonyms: | reconsideration, review, second thought |
| Antonyms: | forethought |
| Main Entry: | review |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examination, study |
| Synonyms: | analysis, another look, audit, check, checkup, drill, file, fresh look, inspection, march past, once-over, parade, procession, reassessment, recapitulation, reconsideration, reflection, report, rethink, retrospect, revision, scan, scrutiny, second look, second thought, survey, view |
| Notes: | a criticism is an evaluation or judgment of something, while critique is a somewhat elevated term for the same thing; review is used as a synonym for these but may also imply a more comprehensive study |
| Main Entry: | revision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change; rewriting |
| Synonyms: | afterlight, alteration, amendment, correction, editing, emendation, homework, improvement, modification, overhauling, polish, recension, reconsideration, rectification, rectifying, redaction, redraft, reediting, reexamination, rescript, restyling, retrospect, retrospection, review, revisal, revise, updating |
| Main Entry: | scruple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misgiving, doubt |
| Synonyms: | anxiety, caution, censor, compunction, conscience, demur, difficulty, faltering, hesitancy, hesitation, pause, perplexity, qualm, reconsideration, reluctance, reluctancy, second thought, squeamishness, superego, twinge, uneasiness |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, negligence, unconcern |
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