reflection

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re|flec|tion /rɪfl'ekʃən/ (reflections)
1 [N-COUNT]
A reflection is an image that you can see in a mirror or in glass or water.
Meg stared at her reflection in the bedroom mirror.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Reflection is the process by which light and heat are sent back from a surface and do not pass through it.
...the reflection of a beam of light off a mirror.
3 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
If you say that something is a reflection of a particular person's attitude or of a situation, you mean that it is caused by that attitude or situation and therefore reveals something about it.
Inhibition in adulthood seems to be very clearly a reflection of a person's experiences as a child.
4 [N-SING] usu N on n
If something is a reflection or a sad reflection on a person or thing, it gives a bad impression of them.
Infection with head lice is no reflection on personal hygiene...
The library is unique and its break-up would be a sad reflection on the value we place on our heritage.
5 [N-UNCOUNT] also N in pl
Reflection is careful thought about a particular subject. Your reflections are your thoughts about a particular subject.
After days of reflection she decided to write back...
[PHRASE]
If someone admits or accepts something on reflection, they admit or accept it after having thought carefully about it.
On reflection, he says, he very much regrets the comments.

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