verb (used with object)
- to consider again, especially with a view to change of decision or action: to reconsider a refusal.
- Parliamentary Procedure. to take up for consideration a second time, as a motion or a vote, as with the view of reversing or modifying action taken.
verb (used without object)
- to reconsider a matter.
verb
- to consider (something) again, with a view to changing one’s policy or course of action
- (in a legislative assembly or similar body) to consider again (a bill or other matter) that has already been voted upon
1570s, from French reconsidérer and also from re- “back, again” + consider. Related: Reconsidered; reconsidering.