Prudence

Noun

 * 1) The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality.
 * 2) * 1876, Samuel Austin Allibone, Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay, J.B. Lippincott, page 597,
 * Prudence is principally in reference to actions to be done, and due means, order, seasons, and method of doing or not doing. - Sir Matthew Hale.
 * Prudence supposes the value of the end to be assumed, and refers only to the adaptation of the means. It is the relation of right means for given ends. - William Whewell.

Synonyms

 * wisdom, forecast, providence, considerateness, judiciousness, discretion, caution, circumspection, judgment
 * See also Thesaurus:caution

Antonyms

 * imprudence, recklessness, rashness

Adjectives for Prudence
habitual; rational; tottering; honorable; premeditated; calm; worldly; diplomatic; wise; uniform; traditional; mutual; slow.

Verbs for Prudence
acclaim—; applaud—; bolster with—; cherish—; employ—; endorse—; exercise—; ex¬tol—; ignore—; practise—; preach—; violate—; —assures; —cautions; —dictates; — forestalls; —gains; —guards; —prepares; —warns.

Thesaurus
abnegation, abstinence, acumen, advantage, advantageousness, advisability, anticipation, appropriateness, astuteness, austerity, austerity program, awareness, beneficialness, calculation, calm, calmness, canniness, cardinal virtues, care, careful consideration, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, chariness, charity, circumspection, circumspectness, common sense, conservatism, consideration, constraint, contemplation, continence, control, convenience, cool, cool judgment, custodianship, custody, decency, deliberate stages, deliberateness, deliberation, desirability, discreetness, discretion, discrimination, dispassion, eagle eye, economic planning, economicalness, economy, economy of means, envisagement, envisionment, evenness, expedience, expediency, faith, false economy, farseeingness, farsightedness, feasibility, fitness, fittingness, forecast, foreglance, foregleam, foreglimpse, forehandedness, foreseeing, foresight, foresightedness, forethought, fortitude, frugality, frugalness, fruitfulness, gentleness, gingerliness, golden mean, good judgment, good management, guard, guardedness, guardianship, happy medium, hedge, hedging, heed, heedfulness, hesitation, hope, husbandry, impartiality, insight, invigilation, judgement, judgment, judiciousness, juste-milieu, justice, keenness, lenity, longsightedness, looking ahead, lookout, love, management, meden agan, middle way, mildness, mindfulness, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, monitoring, natural virtues, neutrality, nonviolence, nothing in excess, observance, opportuneness, pacifism, parsimoniousness, parsimony, pawkiness, peeled eye, penetration, percentage, percipience, perspicacity, planning, policy, politicness, polity, precaution, prediction, preparation, preparedness, prepublication, presence of mind, preview, prevision, prior consultation, proctoring, profit, profitability, propriety, prospect, prospection, providence, provision, prudential administration, prudentialism, prudentialness, qui vive, readiness, reflection, reflectiveness, regardfulness, repose, restraint, rightness, safeness, safety first, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, seasonableness, seemliness, self-abnegation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, serenity, sharp eye, shrewdness, slowness to act, sobriety, solicitude, sound judgment, soundness of judgment, sparingness, stability, steadiness, stewardship, suitability, supernatural virtues, surveillance, tact, temperance, temperateness, tentativeness, theological virtues, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, thrift, thriftiness, tight purse strings, timeliness, tranquillity, uncommunicativeness, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness, unprecipitateness, unwastefulness, usefulness, via media, vigil, vigilance, wariness, watch, watch and ward, watchful eye, watchfulness, watching, weather eye, weighing, wisdom, wit, worthwhileness

Etymology
From prudence.

Translations

 * Finnish: harkitsevuus, varovaisuus
 * German:, Umsicht, Besonnenheit
 * Polish: roztropność
 * Portuguese:


 * Russian: благоразумность, дальновидность, осмотрительность, расчётливость
 * Scottish Gaelic: gliocas

Noun

 * 1) Prudence, caution, care

Etymology
From prudentia, contrast from providentia. See prudent, and confer providence.