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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The state, quality, or fact of being prudent.
  2. n. Careful management; economy.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The quality of being prudent. Practical wisdom; discretion; good judgment; sagacity.
  2. n. Regard for self-interest; worldly wisdom; policy.
  3. n. Knowledge; science. Compare jurisprudence.
  4. n. Synonyms Discretion, Providence, etc. (see wisdom), judiciousness, care, considerateness, caution, circumspection, judgment, wariness.

Wiktionary

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

GNU Webster's 1913

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

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
  2. n. discretion in practical affairs

Etymologies

  1. From Old French prudence. (Wiktionary)

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  • gangerh 'Dear Prudence' - The Beatles. Feb 8, 2008

  • chained_bear I never really liked it, but now that it seems to be associated with former president George H.W. Bush, I hardly ever hear it anymore. Though actually that word is more properly prudent, not prudence... Jan 6, 2008

  • sonofgroucho I used to like this word, but, for various reasons, it now reminds me of UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who I am finding increasingly disappointing and irritating! Jan 6, 2008

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