second thought

In other words, the free thinker defending freedom of thought.
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Rates are thought to be similar in developed countries around the world.
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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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He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.
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To reproduce the impulse born of the thought—this is the aim of a psychological method.
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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.
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"Better so," was the Senora's sole reply; and she fell again into still deeper, more perplexed thought about the hidden treasure.
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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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