noun · countable / uncountable · rare

prudence

pru·dence

prudence · prudences

обережність, передбачливість, обачність

осторожность, осмотрительность, предусмотрительность, дальновидность

Klugheit, Besonnenheit, Umsicht

The quality or state of being prudent: circumspection and good judgment in knowing how…The quality or state of being prudent: circumspection and good judgment in knowing how best to act; (countable, archaic) an instance of this.

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UK/ˈpɹuːd(ə)n(t)s/US/ˈpɹud(ə)n(t)s/

» I appreciate your prudence.

Я ціную твою обачливість.

Meaning

4 senses

(uncountable)The quality or state of being prudent: circumspection and good judgment in knowing how best to act; (countable, archaic) an instance of this.
Besonnenheit, Grütze, Klugheit
благоразумностьblagorazumnostʹ, дальновидностьdalʹnovidnostʹ, осмотрительностьosmotritelʹnostʹ
оба́чністьobáčnistʹ, обере́жністьoberéžnistʹ, передба́чливістьperedbáčlyvistʹ
(specifically, uncountable)Synonym of frugality (“the quality of avoiding unnecessary expenditure; economy, parsimony, thrift, thriftiness”).
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Synonym of providence (“preparation for the future; foresight”).
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Synonym of wisdom (“an element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise; wise advice”).

More definitions

discretion in practical affairs
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

Examples

8 sentences

I appreciate your prudence.
Я ціную твою обачливість. — deniko
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A man of prudence wouldn't say such things.
ruБлагоразумный человек никогда бы не сказал подобного. — Hellerick
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Today, speed is more important than caution and prudence.
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It is clear that he failed for lack of prudence.
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Too often, wisdom is simply prudence that has ground to a halt.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

quality or state of being prudent:

Русский

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quality or state of being prudent:

Deutsch

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quality or state of being prudent:

Origin

From Middle English prudence (“discretion; foresight; knowledge; intelligence, wisdom; act

From Middle English prudence (“discretion; foresight; knowledge; intelligence, wisdom; act of good judgment; wisdom to see what is virtuous”), from Anglo-Norman prudence, Middle French prudence, and Old French prudence (“common sense; wisdom”) (modern French prudence), and from their etymon Latin prūdentia (“common sense; discretion, prudence; foresight; knowledge; providence; skilfulness; wisdom”), from prūdent- (the stem of prūdēns (“knowledgeable, skilful; wise, prudent”)) + -ia (suffix forming first-declension feminine abstract nouns). Prūdēns is a contraction of prōvidēns (“caring for; foreseeing; providing”) (whence prōvidentia (“foreknowledge, foresight; forethought, precaution, providence”)), the present active participle of prōvideō (“to care for, look after; to foresee; to provide, see to”), from prō- (prefix meaning ‘forward; prior’) + videō (“to perceive, see; to comprehend, understand; to look out for, care for”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see; to know”)). Doublet of provide and purvey.

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