Synonyms:
prudence
Meaning: discretion in practical affairs
Usage examples
I warn you of the trouble that a little prudence may avert.
Great boldness in facing danger; great prudence in the midst of it.
But there was still something lurking behind, of which prudence forbade the disclosure.
Therefore, I say that Mrs. Greenow had been lucky in her choice, and not altogether without prudence.
Upon the whole I think that she was lucky in her choice; or, perhaps, I might more truly say, that she had chosen with prudence.
He paid for everything which he consumed the market price--no more, no less--and he made his purchases with prudence and forethought.
It was characteristic of Mynors' cautious prudence that, the first intoxication having passed, he made no further reference of any kind to Anna's fortune.
But that unfortunate creature had swallowed so much of the poison, that all the obstacles which by my prudence I could lay in the way served only to inflame her love.
Louis XII was this time advancing upon Naples, not with the incautious ardour of Charles VIII, but, on the contrary, with that prudence and circumspection which characterised him.
In spite of difficulties, the Countess had maintained her independence with considerable skill until the day when, by an inexplicable want of prudence, she took occasion to close her salon.