Another word for prudence
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Noun
The exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
- An action taken in advance to protect against possible danger, failure, or injury; a safeguard:
- Caution practiced in advance; forethought or circumspection:
- The condition of being forethoughtful
- Deliberation, consideration, or planning for the future; foresight.
- The ability or action of imagining or anticipating what might happen in the future.
- Care in providing for the future:
- Quality of being forehanded.
- The quality of being discreet; circumspection:
- Freedom to act or judge on one's own:
- The ability or power to discern what is responsible or socially appropriate:
- Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; caution; watchfulness; vigilance.
- Careful forethought to avoid danger or harm.
- Close attention or vigilance to minimize risk:
- Prudence or restraint in action or decision:
See also:Careful use of material resources
- The property of being thrifty.
- Wise economy in the management of money and other resources; frugality.
- Vigorous growth of living things, such as plants.
- Any of several densely tufted plants of the genus Armeria, especially A. maritima, having white to pink flower heads with a funnel-shaped scarious calyx.
- Care or preparation in advance; foresight.
- Prudent management; economy.
- The care, guardianship, and control exercised by a deity; divine direction:
- The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift.
- A sparing use; sparingness.
- Careful, thrifty management of resources, such as money, materials, or labor:
- An example or result of such management; a saving.
- The system or range of economic activity in a country, region, or community:
See also:
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Another word for prudence
Noun
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- The ability to think and act calmly and efficiently, especially in an emergency.
- The act, process, or result of calculating.
- An estimate based on probabilities.
- Careful, often cunning estimation and planning of likely outcomes, especially to advance one's own interests.
- Alert watchfulness.
- Marked by or given to artful subtlety and deceptiveness.
- Executed with or exhibiting ingenuity.
- Delicately pleasing; pretty or cute:
- The act of discriminating.
- The ability or power to see or make fine distinctions; discernment.
- Treatment or consideration based on class or category, such as race or gender, rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice.
- The act or process of conserving.
- Preservation or restoration from loss, damage, or neglect:
- The protection, preservation, management, or restoration of wildlife and of natural resources such as forests, soil, and water.
- The inclination, especially in politics, to maintain the existing or traditional order.
- A political philosophy or attitude that emphasizes respect for traditional institutions and opposes the attempt to achieve social change though legislation or publicly funded programs.
- Caution or moderation, as in behavior or outlook.
- To have to do with or relate to:
- To be of interest or importance to:
- To engage the attention of; involve:
- The act or practice of cultivating crops and breeding and raising livestock; agriculture.
- The application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding.
- Careful management or conservation of resources; economy.
- Careful, thrifty management of resources, such as money, materials, or labor:
- An example or result of such management; a saving.
- The system or range of economic activity in a country, region, or community:
- To pay attention to; listen to and consider:
- To pay attention.
- Close attention; notice.
- The state or quality of being heedful.
- An action taken in advance to protect against possible danger, failure, or injury; a safeguard:
- Caution practiced in advance; forethought or circumspection:
- The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift.
- A sparing use; sparingness.
- The state of being careful.
- A concerned or troubled state of mind, as that arising from serious responsibility; worry.
- An object or source of worry, attention, or solicitude:
- Interest, regard, or liking:
- Deliberation, consideration, or planning for the future; foresight.
- The ability or action of imagining or anticipating what might happen in the future.
- Care in providing for the future:
- The ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; insight.
- Common sense; good judgment:
- The sum of learning through the ages; knowledge:
- The act or process of deliberating.
- Discussion and consideration of all sides of an issue:
- Thoughtfulness in decision or action.
- The quality of being discerning, sound in judgment, and farsighted; wisdom.
- the state of being judicious
- The characteristic of being considerate.
- Care or preparation in advance; foresight.
- Prudent management; economy.
- The care, guardianship, and control exercised by a deity; divine direction:
- The act or process of judging; the formation of an opinion after consideration or deliberation.
- An opinion or estimate formed after consideration or deliberation, especially a formal or authoritative decision:
- The mental ability to perceive and distinguish relationships; discernment:
- Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; caution; watchfulness; vigilance.
- Careful forethought to avoid danger or harm.
- Close attention or vigilance to minimize risk:
- Prudence or restraint in action or decision:
Antonyms:
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