Rumination /(?)/

Ru·mi·na·tion

Rumination

n.
  1. The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.
    Rumination is given to animals to enable them at once to lay up a great store of food, and afterward to chew it.
  2. The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection.
    Retiring full of rumination sad.
  3. The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man. (Physiol.)