reflection

reflection
n
1. mirror, twin, image, Sl. spitting image, counterpart, duplicate, clone; imitation, reproduction, copy, replica, replication; representation, semblance, likeness, picture; shadow, outline; echo, reverberation, repercussion; recoil, reaction, reflex, backlash, return, ricochet, backlash.
2. evidence, sign, symbol, token, mark; indication, symptom, syndrome; proof, substantiation, testimony, corroboration, certification.
3. contemplation, contemplating, meditation, thought; consideration, cogitation, rumination, ruminating, brown study, musing, pondering, brooding, mulling over, chewing over, chewing one's cud, wondering; deliberation, deliberating, speculation, speculating, conjecture, conjecturing, lucubration, cerebration.
4. impression, perception, sentiment, feeling, notion, idea, conception; theory, view, opinion, observation, remark, speculation, comment.
5. imputation, attribution, ascription, arrogation, accounting; incrimination, crimination, implication, Obs., Rare. accrimination; indictment, blame, censure, reproach, inculpation.

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