PRUDENCE Synonyms

• freedom to act or judge on one's own

• knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

• refined taste; tact

• the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

• the trait of judging wisely and objectively

• the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger

• a warning against certain acts

• judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger

• the trait of being circumspect and prudent

• warn strongly; put on guard

• good judgment

• the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating

• accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment

• an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC

• the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight

• ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight

• the quality of being prudent and sensible

• paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)

• the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others

• the trait of being observant and paying attention

• the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger

• the quality of being careful and painstaking

• planning or plotting in advance of acting

• judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger

• a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

• kind and considerate regard for others

• the trait of thinking carefully before acting

• a considerate and thoughtful act

• the process of paying close and continuous attention

• vigilant attentiveness

• kind and considerate regard for others

• knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

• subtly skillful handling of a situation

• a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

• predict in advance

• judge to be probable

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

• an opinion formed by judging something

• the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event

• (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it

• the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

• the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision

• the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

• the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

• the guardianship and control exercised by a deity

• the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University

• a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures

• the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources

• the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

• the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating