Definition of prudence in English:

noun

• The quality of being prudent; cautiousness.

  ‘we need to exercise prudence in such important matters’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The Republican party built on fiscal prudence and a sense of responsibility.’
  • ‘Our country can do better, particularly in the area of prudence and focussed resource utilisation.’
  • ‘The financial prudence now practised by both clubs is a product of the economic climate.’
  • ‘It is one where an occupier, faced with a hazard accidentally arising on his land, fails to act with reasonable prudence so as to remove the hazard.’
  • ‘Common prudence dictates that we do what we can to cool the planet, even in the absence of absolute proof.’

  Synonyms

  wisdom, judgement, good judgement, judiciousness, sagacity, shrewdness, advisability, common sense, sense

  caution, cautiousness, care, carefulness, canniness, chariness, wariness, circumspection

  thrift, thriftiness, providence, good management, careful budgeting, economy, canniness, frugality, abstemiousness

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