| NOUN | attribute | prudence | discretion in practical affairs |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | prudence, discretion, discreetness, circumspection | knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress |
| Sounds | pruw'dahns | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | discretion in practical affairs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | frugality, frugalness | prudence in avoiding waste |
| providence | The prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources | |
| Broader | discretion, discernment | The trait of judging wisely and objectively |
| natural virtue | (scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature | |
| Opposite | imprudence | A lack of caution in practical affairs |
| Spanish | prudencia | |
| Catalan | prudència | |
| Adjectives | prudential | arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters |
| Meaning | knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | discretion, discreetness, circumspection | |
| Narrower | confidentiality | discretion in keeping secret information |
| Broader | sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment | The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations |
| Spanish | circunspección, discreción, prudencia | |
| Catalan | prudència | |
| Adjectives | prudent | careful and sensible |
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