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| prudence | (n) discretion in practical affairs, Ant. imprudence |
| prudent | (adj) careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment, Ant. imprudent, Example: a prudent manager; prudent rulers; prudent hesitation; more prudent to hide than to fight |
| prudential | (adj) arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters, Example: he abstained partly for prudential reasons |
| prudently | (adv) in a prudent manner, Syn. providentially, Ant. imprudently, Example: I had allotted my own bedroom for necking, prudently removing both the bed and the key, and taken both myself and my typewriter into my son's bedroom. |
| Prudence | n. [ F., fr. L. prudentia, contr. from providentia. See Prudent, and cf. Providence. ] The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality. [ 1913 Webster ] Prudence is principally in reference to actions to be done, and due means, order, seasons, and method of doing or not doing. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Prudency | n. Prudence. [ Obs. ] Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Prudent | a. [ L. prudens, -entis, contr. from providens: cf. F. prudent. See Provident. ] Moses established a grave and prudent law. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Prudential | a. |
| Prudential | n. That which relates to or demands the exercise of, discretion or prudence; -- usually in the Many stanzas, in poetic measures, contain rules relating to common prudentials as well as to religion. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Prudentialist | n. One who is governed by, or acts from, prudential motives. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Prudentiality | n. The quality or state of being prudential. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Prudentially | adv. In a prudential manner; prudently. South. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Prudently | adv. In a prudent manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |