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Prudence: meaning, example and synonyms

Prudencen. Careful good judgment that avoids needless risk, especially in planning ahead.

Flashcard for Prudence (noun): careful good judgment that avoids needless risk, especially in planning ahead. Example: Fiscal prudence led the town council to save part of each surplus year's revenue, a reserve that later spared it from cutting services in a recession. Synonyms: caution, discretion, foresight, judiciousness. Antonyms: recklessness, rashness, imprudence, folly. Memory tip: Prudence comes from providence: seeing ahead before you act. Illustration: a hiker in a rain jacket pausing at the start of a rope bridge, testing the first plank with one boot while glancing up at a darkening sky.

Example

Fiscal prudence led the town council to save part of each surplus year's revenue, a reserve that later spared it from cutting services in a recession.

Part of speech
noun
Synonyms
caution, discretion, foresight, judiciousness
Antonyms
recklessness, rashness, imprudence, folly
Memory tip
Prudence comes from providence: seeing ahead before you act.

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Check yourself: Prudence in context

Pick the word that best completes each text.

Question 1

Recognizing that the drought might last several more years, the farmers showed ______ by planting hardier crops and storing part of each harvest rather than selling it all.

Question 2

Investors who ignored warnings lost heavily when the market collapsed, while those whose ______ had led them to keep large cash reserves weathered the crisis.

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