meditation

Noun

Meaning

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

Thought; -- without regard to kind.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

speculation phantasy study analysis elegy reflexion attention debate concentration thinking prayer consideration absorption reasoning reflection
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Antonyms

disorder entertainment confusion entity computation disturbance
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Hypernyms

reflexion reflection contemplation rumination musing thoughtfulness

Phrases with the word

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Anagrams

tomatidine

Examples

The purpose of meditation is personal transformation. Henepola Gunaratana

This life that has been given to us as a gift, as such a precious gift. To really try to understand it, really try to recognize it, is to me the greatest meditation. Through the media of this Knowledge we can tap into our inner sources that are so beautiful. Prem Rawat

Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are. Jon Kabat-Zinn

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation. Jean Arp

It is my meditation all the day, and more than my meat and drink, to know how I shall make the Saints of God comprehend the visions that roll like an overflowing surge before my mind. Joseph Smith

Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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