DELIBERATE

(CONSIDER) [verb] [formal] - to think or talk seriously and carefully about (something)I've been deliberating all morning and I still can't decide what to do. [I]The jury took five days to deliberate on the case. [I]The committee has deliberated the question at great length. [T]He's deliberating whether or not to accept the new job that he's been offered. [+ wh- word]