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Contemplance :: Contemplance (n.) Contemplation.

Contemplant :: Contemplant (a.) Given to contemplation; meditative.

Meditation :: Meditation (n.) The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation; reflection; musing.

Stargasing :: Stargasing (n.) The act or practice of observing the stars with attention; contemplation of the stars as connected with astrology or astronomy.

Contemplation :: Contemplation (n.) The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.

Study :: Study (v. i.) Mental occupation; absorbed or thoughtful attention; meditation; contemplation.

Muse :: Muse (n.) Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study..

Unfold :: Unfold (v. t.) To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science..

Retrospect :: Retrospect (n.) A looking back on things past; view or contemplation of the past.

Studies :: Studious (a.) Favorable to study; suitable for thought and contemplation; as, the studious shade..

Speculation :: Speculation (n.) Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.

Consideration :: Consideration (n.) The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.

Cogitation :: Cogitation (n.) The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation.

Run :: Run (v. i.) To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.

Contemplation :: Contemplation (n.) Holy meditation.

Gymnosophist :: Gymnosophist (n.) One of a sect of philosophers, said to have been found in India by Alexander the Great, who went almost naked, denied themselves the use of flesh, renounced bodily pleasures, and employed themselves in the contemplation of nature..

Meditate :: Meditate (v. i.) To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect.

Quietism :: Quietism (n.) The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of God and his attributes..

Contemplative :: Contemplative (a.) Having the power of contemplation; as, contemplative faculties..

Active :: Active (a.) Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman..

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