English-Thai Dictionary

prudence

N ความ มัธยัสถ์  kwam-mad-ta-yad

 

prudence

N ความ รอบคอบ  caution wisdom carelessness kwam-rob-kob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRUDENCE

n.[L. prudentia. ] Wisdom applied to practice. Prudence implies caution in deliberating and consulting on the most suitable means to accomplish valuable purposes, and the exercise of sagacity in discerning and selecting them. Prudence differs from wisdom in this, that prudence implies more caution and reserve than wisdom, or is exercised more in foreseeing and avoiding evil, than in devising and executing that which is good. It is sometimes mere caution or circumspection.
Prudence is principally in reference to actions to be done, and due means, order, season and method of doing or not doing.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRUDENCE

Pru "dence, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. prudentia, contr. from providentia.See Prudent, and cf. Providence. ]

 

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

 

Syn. -- Wisdom; forecast; providence; considerateness; judiciousness; discretion; caution; circumspection; judgment. See Wisdom.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prudence

pru dence |ˈpro͞odns ˈpruːdns | ▶noun the quality of being prudent; cautiousness: we need to exercise prudence in such important matters.

 

Oxford Dictionary

prudence

pru |dence |ˈpruːd (ə )ns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the quality of being prudent; cautiousness: we need to exercise prudence in such important matters.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prudence

prudence noun 1 you have gone beyond the bounds of prudence: wisdom, judgment, good judgment, common sense, sense, sagacity, shrewdness, advisability. ANTONYMS folly, recklessness. 2 financial prudence: caution, care, providence, farsightedness, foresight, forethought, shrewdness, circumspection; thrift, economy. ANTONYMS extravagance.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prudence

prudence noun 1 foresters argue about the prudence of drastic thinning: wisdom, judgement, good judgement, judiciousness, sagacity, shrewdness, advisability, common sense, sense. ANTONYMS folly. 2 an elder counselled prudence: caution, cautiousness, care, carefulness, canniness, chariness, wariness, circumspection; far-sightedness, foresight, forethought; discretion. ANTONYMS recklessness. 3 thanks to his father's prudence, a fortune was made: thrift, thriftiness, providence, good management, careful budgeting, economy, canniness, frugality, abstemiousness; N. Amer. forehandedness; rare sparingness.

 

French Dictionary

prudence

prudence n. f. nom féminin Qualité qui consiste à éviter tout danger, tout risque. : Jean et Lucie roulent à bicyclette avec la plus grande prudence.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prudence

pru dence /prúːd (ə )ns /→prudent 名詞 U ｟かたく ｠1 思慮分別 , 慎重さ (↔imprudence ).2 抜け目なさ , 如才なさ .3 倹約 .