NOUN | attribute | prudence | discretion in practical affairs |
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cognition | prudence, discretion, discreetness, circumspection | knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress |
Sounds | pruw'dahns | |
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Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... |
Meaning | discretion in practical affairs. | |
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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. | |
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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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