| consider(verb, study, resolve, reason, think) |
| contemplate(verb, study, consider, resolve, reason) |
| cop a plea(verb, expression, idiom, deliberate, excuse) |
| cop out(verb, expression, deliberate, excuse, justify) |
| deliberate(verb, study, consider, resolve, reason) |
| elucidate(verb, deliberate, excuse, justify, vindicate) |
| entertain ideas |
| estimate(verb, study, consider, resolve, reason) |
| examine(verb, study, consider, resolve, reason) |
| excise(verb, deliberate, excuse, justify, vindicate) |
| excuse(verb, deliberate, justify, vindicate) |
| exercise the mind(expression, idiom) |
| explain away(verb, expression, deliberate, excuse, justify) |
| extenuate(verb, deliberate, excuse, justify, vindicate) |
| figure out(verb, expression, study, consider, resolve) |
| form ideas |
| generalize |
| give alibi(verb, expression, deliberate, excuse, justify) |
| have in mind(verb, expression, idiom, study, consider) |
| idealize |