What is the meaning of weighing?

noun

• Careful consideration.
  • usage: "a little deliberation would have deterred them"
  • synonyms: deliberation, advisement

verb

• Have a certain weight.
  • synonyms: weigh
• Show consideration for; take into account.
  • usage: "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"
  • synonyms: consider, count, weigh
• Determine the weight of.
  • usage: "The butcher weighed the chicken"
  • synonyms: weigh, librate
• Have weight; have import, carry weight.
  • usage: "It does not matter much"
  • synonyms: count, matter, weigh
• To be oppressive or burdensome.
  • usage: "weigh heavily on the mind, "Something pressed on his mind"
  • synonyms: weigh, press