• (a.) Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body. • (n.) A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined. • (n.) A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade ... Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/deliberative/
De·lib'er·a·tive adjective [ Latin deliberativus : confer French délibératif .] Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body. « A consummate work of deliberative wisdom.... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/28
adjective involved in or characterized by deliberation and discussion and examination; `a deliberative body` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
having the function of deliberating, as a legislative assembly: a deliberative body. · having to do with policy; dealing with the wisdom and expediency of a proposal: a deliberative speech. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/deliberative