rumination
noun/ˌruməˈneɪʃən/
Frequency rank: #19,508 most common English word
Meaning
Deep, prolonged thinking about something, especially worries or past events.
Example sentence
After the argument, she spent hours in quiet rumination about what she could have said differently.
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