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Changing your mind, but with paperwork so it looks like strategy.
means The act of thinking something over again, often to decide whether an earlier decision, judgment, or policy should be changed.
from Built from the Latin prefix 're-' ('again') plus 'consider,' itself from Latin 'considerare' — thought by some to trace back to 'sidus' ('star'), as if to weigh a matter the way ancient astronomers studied the stars before making a judgment. That star link is debated among etymologists, but the sense of careful, deliberate observation carried through into the English 'consider.' Add 'again' on top, and 'reconsideration' becomes the formal, committee-minuted version of simply looking twice before you leap.
- legal use
- formal request to undo a ruling without a full appeal
- psychology
- your brain quietly rewriting the decision it already made
- bureaucratic tell
- often just delay wearing a thoughtful mask
- best timing
- right after new facts, not new feelings