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Afterthoughts

A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient.

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noun
  1. 1

    A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient.

    "She packed her sandals only as an afterthought, but she was glad she did."

  2. 2

    Something additional to the original plan or concept.

    "This whole remodeling was an afterthought; we were only going to paint and call it good."

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rethinknounThe act of thinking again about something.
reconsiderationnounThe act of reconsidering or something reconsidered.
second thoughtnounthinking again about a choice previously made
addendanounSomething to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.
afterwordnounan epilogue.
thoughtsnoun"Thoughts" is the seventeenth single by Japanese rock band Luna Sea, released on August 28, 2013.
afterwordsnounan epilogue.
musingsnounthought, meditation, contemplation
afterallMisspelling of after all.
think aboutverb(transitive) To consider as a course of action.
overthinkingnounThe act of thinking too much about something.
afterwards(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time; after that;
thinkingnounThought; verbal noun of think.
thought processnounThe steps that a person or group goes through in arriving at a thought.
aforethoughtnoun(postpositive) Premeditated; planned ahead of time.
ruminationsnoun(figuratively) Deep thought or consideration.
new thoughtnounA spiritual movement, sometimes classed as a Christian denomination, promoting the ideas that Infinite Intelligence, or God, is everywhere, spirit is the totality of real things, true human selfhood is divine, divine thought is a force for good, sickness originates in the mind, and "right thinking" has a healing effect.
overthinkverbTo think or analyze too much.
cogitationsnoun(uncountable) The process of cogitating; contemplation, deliberation, reflection, meditation.
musingnounthought, meditation, contemplation

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