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“advisement”
To consider something carefully: "They received a message from their congressman saying: 'Thank you for your suggestion. We'll take the matter under advisement.' "
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vid-, video-, vis-, -vision, -visional, -visionally, visuo-, vu-
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“advisement”
take under advisement
To shelve or to delay; usually, for without taking any action.
"I'll take that under advisement" is the typical bureaucratic dodge for deferring an action in the hope that the problem will go away without further action; which is often what happens.
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