advisement
advisement Lexical Profile
advisement Game Scores & Validity
• noun
North American Careful and thorough consideration, deliberation, or consultation, especially before making a formal or legal decision.
"The presiding judge took the defense attorney's motion under advisement before issuing a final ruling."
American Academic counseling, guidance, or mentoring provided to students regarding course selection and degree requirements.
"All first-year university students must complete a mandatory session of academic advisement prior to registering for fall classes."
Word Nuance & Usage
In modern English, 'advisement' is almost exclusively restricted to the formal prepositional phrase 'under advisement' (meaning under careful consideration, as in 'to take a matter under advisement'), rather than being used as a general synonym for 'advice'.
• Rhymes for advisement
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Old French avisement ('opinion, counsel, deliberation'), formed from aviser ('to consider, advise') and the suffix -ment.