Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reconsideration \Re`con*sid`er*a"tion\ (-?"sh?n), n.
   The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered;
   as, the reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body.

Source : WordNet®

reconsideration
     n 1: a consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a view to
          changing an earlier decision
     2: thinking again about a choice previously made; "he had
        second thoughts about his purchase" [syn: {second thought},
         {afterthought}, {rethink}]