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Meditation

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musingnounthought, meditation, contemplation
ruminationnoun(figuratively) Deep thought or consideration.
reflectionnounThe act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
contemplationnounThe act of contemplating; musing; being highly concentrated in thought
reflexionnoun(grammar, linguistics) An act or instance of referring back to the subject of a sentence, or of having an object equal to the subject.
thoughtfulnessnounThoughtful and considerate attention.

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contemplationnounThe act of contemplating; musing; being highly concentrated in thought
musingnounthought, meditation, contemplation
thoughtfulnessnounThoughtful and considerate attention.
reflexionnoun(grammar, linguistics) An act or instance of referring back to the subject of a sentence, or of having an object equal to the subject.
reflectionnounThe act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
ruminationnoun(figuratively) Deep thought or consideration.
mediationnounNegotiation to resolve differences conducted by an impartial party.
sit-innounA peaceful form of protest in which people occupy an area and refuse to leave.
laughternounThe sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.
channoun(Internet, informal) An imageboard.
minutenounA unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
zennoun(religion) A school of Mahayana Buddhism characterized by sudden enlightenment achieved by indirect means and principally associated with China and Japan.
tamilnounA Dravidian language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia.
ponderingnounAn act of rumination or cogitation.
introspectionnoun(psychology) A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.
thoughtnoun(countable) A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.
stillnessnounThe quality or state of being still.
trancenoun(countable) A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being).
prayernoun(uncountable) A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
deliberationnounThe act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.

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