Synonyms for prudence
ˈprud ns

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1. prudence(noun)

   discretion in practical affairs

   Synonyms:
   discretion, circumspection, discreetness

   Antonyms:
   imprudence

2. discretion, discreetness, circumspection, prudence(noun)

   knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

   "the servants showed great tact and discretion"

   Synonyms:
   discreetness, circumspection, free will, delicacy, diplomacy, discretion, caution, finesse, discernment

   Antonyms:
   imprudence

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1. prudence(noun)

   Synonyms:
   providence, caution, discretion, considerateness, circumspection, judgment, judiciousness, wisdom, forecast

   Antonyms:
   recklessness, rashness, imprudence

2. prudence(noun)

   The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality.

   Synonyms:
   wisdom, considerateness, judiciousness, judgment, providence, caution, discretion, forecast, circumspection

   Antonyms:
   rashness, recklessness, imprudence

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1. prudence

   Prudence may be briefly defined as good judgment and foresight, inclining to caution and frugality in practical affairs. Care may respect only the present; prudence and providence look far ahead and sacrifice the present to the future, prudence watching, saving, guarding, providence planning, doing, preparing, and perhaps expending largely to meet the future demand. Frugality is in many cases one form of prudence. In a besieged city prudence will reduce the rations, providence will strain every nerve to introduce supplies and to raise the siege. Foresight merely sees the future, and may even lead to the recklessness and desperation to which prudence and providence are so strongly opposed. Forethought is thinking in accordance with wise views of the future, and is nearly equivalent to providence, but it is a more popular and less comprehensive term; we speak of man's forethought, God's providence. Compare CARE; FRUGALITY; WISDOM.

   Synonyms:
   care, carefulness, caution, circumspection, consideration, discretion, forecast, foresight, forethought, frugality, judgment, judiciousness, providence, wisdom

   Antonyms:
   folly, heedlessness, improvidence, imprudence, indiscretion, prodigality, rashness, recklessness, thoughtlessness, wastefulness

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1. prudence(n.)

   Synonyms:
   discretion (accompanied with forecast), caution, carefulness, circumspection, considerateness, common sense, judiciousness, judgment, wisdom (applied to the ordinary affairs of life), sense, tact, GUMPTION, ballast

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1. prudence(n)

   Synonyms:
   discretion, caution

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1. List of paraphrases for "prudence":

   caution, cautiousness, wisdom, precaution, circumspection, prudent, prudential, care, cautious, careful

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How to use prudence in a sentence?

1. Pope Francis:

   Without doubt, even moments of great difficulty, of tormented decisions of Christian and human prudence, that to some could have seemed like reticence, were instead attempts, humanly very difficult, to keep the light of humanitarian initiatives, of hidden but active diplomacy lit, in periods of greatest darkness and cruelty, in the hope of a possible opening of hearts.

2. Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues:

   You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.

3. Antonio Costa:

   Prudence above all, the spread of the pandemic is slowing but we have not reached the day that we can lift measures restricting movement. We can only do it when the trasmission risk is under control.

4. Democritus:

   Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

5. California Governor Jerry Brown:

   This is a sound, well thought-out budget, yet, the work never ends and in the coming months we’ll have to manage our resources with the utmost prudence.

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