perusal

n.

[From Peruse.]

1. The act of carefully viewing or examining. [R.] Tatler.

2. The act of reading, especially of reading through or with care. Woodward.

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noun

The act of examining carefully: check, checkup, examination, inspection, scrutiny, study, view. Informal going-over. See investigate.

IN BRIEF: The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully.

Books that have become classics -- books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal -- always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay. — Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907)

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: reading carefully with intent to remember
  Synonyms: perusing, poring over, studying

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