second thought

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noun

Often second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.

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Idioms for second thought

on second thought, after reconsideration: On second thought, I don't think I'll go.

Origin of second thought

First recorded in 1625–35

Words nearby second thought

second sight, second story, second-story man, second-strike, second string, second thought, second thoughts, second to none, second tooth, second unit, Second Vatican Council

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In other words, the free thinker defending freedom of thought.
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Gunshots rang out in Paris this morning on a second day of deadly violence that has stunned the French capital.
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Rates are thought to be similar in developed countries around the world.
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Not only had the iconic comedian sexually assaulted many, many women, Maher argued, “I never thought he was funny.”
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And as he adjusted to this change in circumstances, he screamed at himself a second time: Wait!
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Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
To reproduce the impulse born of the thought—this is the aim of a psychological method.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
There was no doubt thought of his own loss in this question: yet there was, one may hope, a germ of solicitude for the mother too.
Children's Ways|James Sully
"Better so," was the Senora's sole reply; and she fell again into still deeper, more perplexed thought about the hidden treasure.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for second thought

second thought

noun

(usually plural) a revised opinion or idea on a matter already considered

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