n. 25B6; noun a debate on the reforms : DISCUSSION, discourse, parley, dialogue; argument, dispute, wrangle, war of words; argumentation, disputation, dissension, disagreement, contention, conflict; negotiations, talks; informal confab, powwow.
25B6; verb
MPs will debate our future : DISCUSS, talk over/through, talk about, thrash out, argue, dispute; informal kick around/about, bat around/about.
he debated whether to call her : CONSIDER, think over/about, chew over, mull over, weigh up, ponder, deliberate, contemplate, muse, meditate; formal cogitate.