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noun (n)

• planning or plotting in advance of acting(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  forethought
  

  source: wordnet30
• (law) thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance of the crime; goes to show criminal intent(noun.cognition)

  source: wordnet30
• The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought.(noun)

  source: webster1913